Aire de Toilette
3x 42.0 x 59.4 cm, Photocollage
ArEate Symposium, Aalto University, 5 May 2025
Interspecies domestic rituals
‘Aire de Toilette’ resonates deeply with Alexia's artistic research, which is primarily concerned with naturecultures and human-animal relationships, exploring the intimate connections we make with our (living) environment. In her work, she aims to expose and question human (cultural) assumptions about the non-human world. In addition to a strong affinity for philosophy, psychology, and cultural theory, her method builds on vulnerability, empathy, and connection as a foundation of her explorations. In this way, her practice is taken by various theoretical currents and dives headfirst into whimsical rabbit holes to follow the streams of natureculture entanglements. ‘Aire de Toilette’ challenges our conceptions of inter-species propriety and compels us to recognise animal agency, emotions and connections.