Freyja’s practice, explores themes surrounding mortality; death and rebirth, decay and decomposition, bodily processes and ecosystems. Her drawings combine elements from across contexts within a world of death through the transformation of anatomical/dissected forms, which reflect on the natural world and its processes. Considering apocalyptic states of beings through the merging of multiple species. How these amalgamations relate to our final resting places and the comfort that comes when we pass, our bodies could reform into trees or plants, becoming part of nature’s cycle.
Personal experiences of death stemmed a growing fascination in the grotesque, body horror, stomach churning images. Freyja finds beauty in the natural, though sometimes grotesque, functions that keep humans and animals alive. She is interested in what makes us whole vessels and how, in providing for others when we die, our life-sustaining processes take on a new significance. All things are intertwined through death; death is an end, but also a new beginning. Within her work, she aims to appreciate human and animal existence in conjunction with one another but to comment on our impact on the natural world. What could happen if plants or animals adapted beyond the human race? What amalgamations of species emerge from an anthropomorphic world within our damaged planet and increasingly artificial environment?
Through a process-driven practice, Freyja explores the cyclical nature of death within her use of materials. Connecting her printmaking process and the way in which she works and draws through to the process of decomposition. The disintegration of images is prevalent within her drawings as forms become less recognisable and reworked into new amalgamated forms. Her practice documents a process of decay through material transformation, undergoing various processes until she feels satisfied – repetition is key, and printmaking is essential to this way of working.
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