About the Artist
Field Excursion consists of nine portraits of strange creatures, which were made out of pieces of meat and fish, and given the names of existing or imaginary bacterias. Some of these specimens were modeled and animated, and integrated into the website for electronic musician Amon Tobin. In Celia's artistic practice, she likes to take elements out of their accepted and habitual context, thus giving them a new and often incongruous meaning. The aim is to to ask viewers to question their own perceptions. Hopefully, making them conscious of the transitional and ephemeral quality of how humans confer meaning to things.Celia Marais was born in Paris, France, and has lived in Montreal, New York, San Francisco, and San José, Costa Rica. She works in many mediums, including photography, video, animation, illustration, and installation. She is also one half of creative duo Notice Bureau, with which she works on short films, music videos, and other projects in collaboration with the fashion and music industries.
