Kate Rusek

Influenced by ongoing environmental catastrophes, emotional landscapes, and ecological systems, I assemble highly tactile sculptures transmuting these themes into lavish maximalism. Using large quantities of collected and constructed objects, my composite forms and dynamic biophilic textures interrogate socially constructed value and material narrative. Engaging with history laden excesses, I shape scenes that examine the binary between the living and manufactured worlds with an emphasis on a somatic experience of Craft. Through a lens of deep time, particular interest is placed on synthetic and highly manufactured elements as an action to transform anthropogenic ruin into an counter-economic act of rebellion.