Maf'j Alvarez

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• More bark than bite – 1998

  With Hannah Barker Dry Bar, Manchester, 1998 A collaboration with Hannah Barker exploring interpersonal relationships and the sexual tension existing in public spaces. A site specific soft sculpture installation in 5 pieces.

• Almost Home 2023

  When I’m walking home at night in the dark, I hold my key so it sticks out between my first and second finger in case I need to hit out at somebody. I stand up straight and tall, and put my hood up if I have one, so that from behind, it’s less obvious that […]

• Rekwear – 2002

  With Tanya Meditzky Stoke Newington Festival London 2002 “Want to get an abandoned car towed away quickly? Then turn it into an art installation and wait for bosses at Hackney council to do the job three days early, ruining your exhibition in the process. That is what happened to a group of artists who wanted […]

• Highly Sprung – 2001
• Three Sisters 2015

  Three Sisters’ is an installation using fibre optics and plastic which looks towards pre-colonial native American traditions in planting to reveal stories about women and technology Corn, beans and squash are three inseparable sisters who according to Native American legend and folklore are the sustainers of life. Eaten together they provide all vital nutritional elements […]

• Dolly and Butch – 2002

  Dolly and Butch are an unlikely couple. They compliment each other as much as the offend each other. Begging to be played with, they tempt you into their soft undulating curves and fluffy spaces. Dolly doesn’t have much going on inside whilst Butch is all that and more.

• Cells – 2003
• Gorba (Uprooted) 2022

  Gorba (Uprooted) is a multiplayer VR experience for the Oculus Quest that encourages the exchange of stories carried in virtual objects. It was created over 4 days for the 2022 StoryJam event in Utrecht, Netherlands in October 2022. The project was created in collaboration of Team B – four women with different backgrounds – Iran, […]

• Mammary Mountain 2023

  Mammary Mountain is an intimate performative, VR experience created in collaboration with artists Tara Baoth Mooney and Camille Baker that explores disease within the body through the experience of breast cancer. This innovative new artwork uses cutting-edge technology to creatively explore and expose women’s healthcare struggles, particularly the hidden experiences of breast cancer treatment, with […]

• 911 – painted forms