Previous work by Fredberg and colleagues had documented the importance
of collective cellular behavior in asthma, showing that cells comprising epithelial tissues — which line the surfaces
of all organs throughout the
body — can unjam and flow
like a fluid, or jam and freeze
like a solid.
The artist has said
of this new series that, as with a
previous body of work in which he articulated a fascination with Futurism, he is «exploring new ways
of interpreting a definitive and somewhat overlooked period in cultural history, developing
works centred around the kinds
of characters who populate my practice, imagining who is the boy / man who would make this sort
of space his own, what his home might look
like... and what sort
of psychosis would lead to this?»