In this project, I’m delving into body politics, which examines how governments and militaries regulate and use human bodies to serve strategic goals.
Drawing on Michel Foucault’s theory of biopolitics, it highlights how states control life by disciplining people into instruments of violence and managing civilians through propaganda, conscription, and policies like rationing or reproductive control.
In war, individuals become tools of the state, their value tied to their utility. Some lives are protected, while others are deemed expendable. This reflects the biopolitical power of war to transform bodies into weapons and sites of control.
In war, individuals become tools of the state, their value tied to their utility. Some lives are protected, while others are deemed expendable. This reflects the biopolitical power of war to transform bodies into weapons and sites of control.
Shield, #1, 2025 | 80 x 110 cm, digital print, aluminium.