Echidna

Title: Echidna
Description: The work often explores themes of identity, protection and visibility within Caribbean spaces. By transforming into a "spiny" creature, the artist creates a literal and metaphorical barrier, demanding space while simultaneously appearing vulnerable or monstrous in a public setting. The artist is captured wearing a large, spherical structure made of long, radiating stalks, resembling the spines of an echidna or sea urchin. Adams work often involves performance, that he uses to address queer identity and historical narratives. The use of "masquerade" and hybrid forms, is to challenge conventional perceptions of the body and its relationship to the environment.
Creator: Adam Patterson
Medium: Visual Elements/Performance Art
Date: 2016
Subject: Artwork