Description:
In Shadows and Other Flesh-Eating Monsters, Pedinotti-Haynes constructs photographs, collages and stories from everyday scraps of domestic life, exploring how identity and memory are continually assembled and revised through images and fragments. She transforms familiar scenes into alternative realities that imbue household objects, paper cutouts, trash, leftovers, plants and animals with agency of their own.
In these alternative worlds, motherhood is untethered by expectation, and everything is open to reexamination. Singular narratives are unsettled, and meaning remains contingent, relational, and negotiated rather than fixed or inherited. Shadows and Other Flesh-Eating Monsters functions as a playful rehearsal space, where iteration and imagination become a quiet but persistent form of questioning. Accompanied by three vivid short stories written by the artist specifically for this book.
"Through this work, I continually ask: What is lost in the process of remembering? How do memories compound into belief? What is the difference between memory and fiction? How can I separate what is meaningful from what is imposed?"