2025 Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize

Reflected Gesticulation

Annabelle McEwen

Reflected Gesticulation, 2024 aluminium and polyepoxide mounted on aluminium, image transfer on cotton, hand-stitched frame, eyelets and twisted shackles 49 x 42.5 x 2 cm

I recorded my body’s gestures via iPhone time-lapse, creating blurred visual data. I superimposed images of three surveilled movements, processed the digital file into a 3D model, then cast it in aluminium and polyepoxide via silicone moulds. The work is framed with hand-sewn fabric and image transfers. It explores the surveilled, mediated body, blending topographic language with the aesthetics of surveillance, cartography, and CCTV.