Robyn Townsend ?
My work is focused in the areas of psychology, biology and philosophy but the key theme
of my work is the human condition: I am fascinated by the study of the Human, the way we
think, the way we act and the way we feel. Read More...
Fragments
I am using intimate and recognisable body parts that give little hint of identity, to highlight how our actions, often guided by our internal thoughts and fears, allow us to form our own human nature. And what it is in
Records of Humanity 001 - 018
By collecting re-ordering and representing people are able to beiw the forms different to the way they usually see them. And my displaying the work as you migt expect to see in a muesum, I hope to begin an archive of humanity and human nature.
Records of Humanity 020
It is suggested that we are transient beings with finite lives, and that we are in constant battle to make our lives meaningful. I want my work to make the impermanent more permanent by capturing human nature in time through life casting.
 
Records of Humanity 021 (Detail)
Using silver to creates vivid burts of colour, but also when taking through the casting process its perceived value degrades and fades away, just as the human does. I have used this process to to referrance life choices and degrading humanity
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