Alice Steele
Jewellery & Metal MA
Royal College of Art
Specialisms: Sculpture / Jewelry / Contemporary Craft
Location: London, United Kingdom
Alice Steele
First Name: Alice
Last Name: Steele
Specialisms: Sculpture / Jewelry / Contemporary Craft
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My Location: London, United Kingdom
University / College: Royal College of Art
Course / Program Title: Jewellery & Metal MA
About
Alice’s practice explores the topology of trauma and memory on the body. She is deeply engaged in subjects surrounding women’s health narratives and the intersection of medicine and social perception. Alice had first hand experience of the gender data gap in medicine when she was forced to take 2-3 months off her ma course due to due illness.
Alice's collection is about the gender data gap in medicine and to show this she has created a series of twelve object/jewellery pieces that are representations of the female reproductive organs that are named after men. these pieces serve as a powerful metaphor for the embodiment of women’s experiences within the medical realm, evoking a palpable sense of vulnerability, exposure and objectification, whilst inviting viewers to confront the uncomfortable realities surrounding women’s health. These pieces encapsulate the concepts of absurdity and primitive understanding contrasted against the purported advancements of the modern healthcare system. these pieces can be worn on the body as an advocate for evoking change.
Alice's ethnographic practice is deeply engaged in subjects surrounding women’s health narratives and the intersection of medicine and social perception. Alice had first hand experience of the gender data gap in medicine when she was forced to take 2-3 months off her MA course due to illness. The "Object(h)ing" collection critiques the gender data gap in medicine, using twelve object/jewellery pieces that are representations of the female body parts that are named after men. These pieces serve as a powerful metaphor for the embodiment of women’s experiences within the medical realm, evoking a palpable sense of vulnerability, exposure and objectification, whilst inviting viewers to confront the uncomfortable realities surrounding women’s health. These pieces can be worn on the body as an advocate for change.
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