Pipes
Pipes are part of an ongoing body of work exploring pipe structures as sculptural objects within contemporary queer art practice. The work engages industrial materials associated with masculinity, labour and infrastructure, reinterpreting them as erotic and symbolic forms within sculpture and photography.
Using discarded copper pipes as sculptural and photographic subjects, the work explores masculinity, labour, and erotic representation. Through cutting, reconstruction, and photographic manipulation, industrial objects begin to resemble bodily forms and reference the visual language of contemporary “cock pic” culture, where framing and perspective are used to exaggerate presence and desire. The pipes simultaneously function as symbols of infrastructure and flow, carrying water, gas, oil, and waste, while their surfaces, markings, and exposed copper tones blur distinctions between object, body, utility, and intimacy.
