Dom Sebastian explores the complexities of categorisation, themes of illusion and excess, and the act of queering the mundane. Looking at objects produced by capitalist culture, from stock photos to artificial flavouring, their work appropriates consumer goods to reflect the disappointing nature of the reality that created them. This exploration, underpinned by a tension between desire and revulsion, involves a transformative process that mutates everyday objects in response to the way human desire is projected onto machines, creating artworks that belong in a world that never looks as good as when it’s artificial.
Dom Sebastian explores the complexities of categorisation, themes of illusion and excess, and the act of queering the mundane. Looking at objects produced by capitalist culture, from stock photos to artificial flavouring, their work appropriates consumer goods to reflect the disappointing nature of the reality that created them. This exploration, underpinned by a tension between desire and revulsion, involves a transformative process that mutates everyday objects in response to the way human desire is projected onto machines, creating artworks that belong in a world that never looks as good as when it’s artificial.