Synanthrope refers to a category of ‘undomesticated’ creatures who live and benefit from close association with people and their environments. Synanthropes — rats, ants, crows — know us and our homes better than we do, tracing our movements and intuiting our walls.

The solo exhibition Pleasure Pest presents a series of sculptures created from found objects and domestic building materials. This body of work plays with the intersection of the synanthropic relationship between human bodies, architecture, and nature—specifically the common household ‘pest’. Made during a time of isolation and illness, the work explores the bones of our homes and the boundaries of our bodies by viewing domestic and bodily interiors through the eyes of pests.

This project was produced with GUSH Residency, curated by Ruth Dober and featured writing by Gwen Dupré. It was supported by Urban Office and The Hope Scott Trust.