Grotesque yet somewhat familiar to the human form, layers of colour and fleshy configurations trip through a strangely erotic collage of imagery. In sharp contrast with the crumbling concrete walls of the urban jungle, the soft fleshy textures reflect the vulnerability of the ephemeral human condition. Gentle contours of the body are matched with the sticky pulp of fruit and silky flower petals, while the psychedelic layering of colours allude to an intoxicating dream-like state. Disjointed and sickly sweet, the video is at the same time both overpowering and hypnotic – a train wreck you can’t tear your eyes away from. It is a self-portrait, a reflection on femininity and the female body. With visual poetry throughout, the rhythm of the film sighs and gasps; following the pattern of the breath.

Alex Gomez is a Melbourne based video installation artist examining intimacy, the body and identity. Since graduating from Monash University in 2015, she has exhibited in a number of solo and group exhibitions in Melbourne and Milan (Italy).