Charred Cell is formed from a period of visual research into the clinical estrangement of domestic environments- the work eludes to a cynicism that coexists alongside enlightenment, stuck between an escapist alternative of the present, and the tension that fluctuates between trauma and awakening.
Suggestions of manipulation, both physical and emotional, arise alongside recurring photographic motifs of optimism- a warm radiation of presence, yet not without hostility. Visually deconstructed, are banal yet recognisable elements of authority, control, and a permeating coldness that trickles slowly to the surface, allowing mediation from actual horror, a safety blanket from an anxiety that appears as a constant.
How is emotion initially processed through images? Is a constant sense of trauma
always present when searched for? What is visible to some that may be otherwise
concealed themselves to others- how does this visceral response to fear both
protect, and endanger? The materials and functions within Hutchinson’s images purposely obscure their intentions, allowing reflection in the state that exists between the aestheticisation of a fiction, and a true understanding of the reality an image can depict.
Published in 2025 by BOOT MAG, Fist Edition limited to 75 Copies, 96 pages, Softcover.
