Iman Person
Second Skin
While in residence, Iman Person will be exploring the world of bio-materials in the lab, and applying these material explorations to her sculptural and performative body of work. Part of her practice for the last few years has included plant collection, herbal remedies/medicine making and exploring the energetic qualities of plants through the use of a little-known machine called a radionics device. This unique machine was invented during the turn of the century and is only powered by a magnet and the user’s intention. She hopes to create interactive sculptures that have the capacity to respond to plant consciousness in a physical way. Biomaterials and sustainable materials will be explored as alternatives to traditional art making materials to create a bio-skin housing the electrical components of these works.
Some of the questions that guide Iman’s work are: “To what extent do plants engage in autonomous behaviors? How can humans mentally hybridize with the environment? What new conversations will be had in the realms of consciousness and medicine through the use of contemporary and ancient plant technology? And lastly, how can we create new constructs of language to illustrate the invisible communication between environments, humans and our intuitive landscape?”
Iman Person
Iman Person is a multidisciplinary artist, and curator currently residing in Atlanta, GA. Through her work, she embeds qualities of memory, ritual and the dichotomies of identity through metaphysical consciousness in relation to nature. Through drawing, installation, and performance, she aims to connect the logical and mystical body and create a space for viewers to experience a time travel of sorts. By inciting exploration of these forgotten spaces, and by forming new narratives focused on the unseen potentials of the physical form, Person believes a resurrection of the contemporary divine-body can be made and in turn positively affect our current concepts of nature.
In 2010 she received her B.F.A from Georgia State University and has exhibited her work throughout the United States, including The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) in Winston-Salem, Allcott Gallery at The University of North Carolina, and The Contemporary Art Museum of St. Louis. Internationally, she has exhibited at Ionion Center for Art in Kefalonia, Greece and has performed at SoMA Art House in Berlin, Germany. She is a member of the Atlanta based collective, Dashboard Co-Op, is a 2011 Hambidge fellow and was a 2013-2014 Hughley fellow.