Lottie Reay

I am interested in the volatile and mischievous nature of materiality and language and how it can be manipulated and disrupted to raise broader questions about the unstable nature of identity, desire and sexuality. By repurposing found ephemera alongside made objects I pose questions about how and why we assign meaning and value to the objects and materials that surround us. I am fascinated by the powerful capacity and agency objects have, quickly generating associations of place, people, time, sounds and smells. I reimagine the banal and commonplace within a domestic arena, using materials such as glass and food to play with our expectations. There is seriousness and silliness, a hint of the familiar yet bizarre, of celebration and melancholy. 
I believe that by examining materiality through a queer lens it challenges normative assumptions, raises questions about acceptance and the inherent power structures within heteronormativity, and prompts new and generative ways of exploring the complexity of the queer experience.