Louisa Clement
Body of Knowledge 80, 2025
Inkjet print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag paper, aluminum frame, steel, permanently laminated lettering
40 x 60 cm / 42 x 62 cm framed
Edition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
©The Artist
Consisting of 107 framed works, Body of Knowledge brings together close‑up photographs of the artist’s own skin with laser‑engraved text on glass. The series reflects on the erosion of true...
Consisting of 107 framed works, Body of Knowledge brings together close‑up photographs of the artist’s own skin with laser‑engraved text on glass. The series reflects on the erosion of true knowledge in a digital environment shaped by algorithms, automated text generation, manipulated news, and the circulation of fabricated facts.Clement contrasts this growing instability with the belief that knowledge is fundamentally physical—rooted in the body, in intuition, emotion, memory, and the embodied processes through which we form judgement and empathy. In the work, the human body and the “body of knowledge” are intertwined, suggesting that the violation of knowledge is also a violation of the body and of free, self‑determined action.The engraved texts move between hurt, warning, worry, and visceral reaction. For Clement, the loss of embodied knowledge is one of the central and underestimated crises of our time. The scale of the installation underscores the urgency of addressing a development that threatens human autonomy and connection, and may soon become irreversible.
