Employing hair and silicone as primary materials for their MFA thesis exhibition, the artist Durbano uses juxtaposition and assemblage to produce sculptural works that evoke a bodily feeling. Many of the sculptures are created by inserting single strands of hair, one at a time, into corresponding silicone forms, to begin a conversation about labour and queer identity.

Referencing modes of drag and their associated props, the work explores ideas of vulnerability, maintenance of the body, and performance, creating a conceptual entry point through which the deeply personal, yet global, relationship people have to their identities, their bodies, and to one another, can be explored.