Suffocation

As with all works in the Weight of Light series, Suffocation uses a technique that compares three timelines in one image. The single second of real time taken to capture an image is reflected back to the audience as both 1/8th of a second and 200 seconds simultaneously. The result plays with our perception of what it means to occupy time, and how heavy a burden it can be.

Lucille begins the piece toying with a heavy liquid substance, letting it drip and give her weight. Within the gel are tiny sparkles of glitter that drip over her body and give it an ethereal lightness.

She plays with the contrasting textures before lifting a white sheet that is solid in form yet immediately fades; its transparency veils our sense of time.

Eventually she is encased in the sheer material, gasping for breath but ultimately suffocating in its stillness.

Suffocation proposes that our human presence — its form, its heaviness, the space it occupies — is an illusion of light and time.