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The model moves between a series of poses from a 3D animation library using the search ‘female pose’ This piece was inspired by the following quote in Catherine McCormacks’ book; ‘Women in the Picture.’ (2021) ‘By looking more closely at what makes the mythical image of Venus, we can think about the repressed fears and desires that are projected onto the female body in our collective cultural consciousness. These include fears about our human physiology, how our bodies bleed, grow hair, and have diseases. I’d like us to think about how pictures of Venus can start conversations about racial and sexual difference and how the female body has been exploited to shape ideas about male genius and creativity’.