Christine Haggin

Here (2020)

Here is inspired by themes of surveillance and the way that information is gathered, collected, and put together by an outward corporate or bureaucratic force to create an identity for individuals, and not the other way around. The “wearable aura” serves as a physical representation of energy, because although there are physical and tangible ways people can craft their images, true worth is not defined by spending habits, labor, search history, or even physical movement on the Earth, but rather an energy that is emitted into the spaces individuals occupy, from the soul.

The material of the headpiece is purposely meant to be ambiguous so that the focus of the viewer is more on the energy that the piece emits rather than the material, a testament to the fact that identity and worth can’t (and shouldn’t) be quantified––they are inherent.

Here wishes to reject the aesthetic of surveillance, and its ability to dehumanize the individual through the monitoring of actions such as personal spending and location tracking, and instead reclaim the concept of identity as a personal assertion.

Haggin and Oculto, Here, (2020)

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