Amanda Parer’s installations are meant to be experienced. Employing scale, light, and most importantly—humor—she creates what looks like enormous inflatables, lit from within. Known especially for her giant bunnies, her work calls for attention the fragility of the natural world, inviting the viewer to experience a difference in size and scale.
As you stand beside one of these colossal bunnies, you might feel as though the roles have been reversed, allowing for a sense of humility. “There is also the added effect which is that it allows people to enter a space of fantasy,” relayed Parer in an interview with Stereolux. “Either way, I aim for it to be a journey.”
The journey, though fantastical, is also grounded in human experience, and more importantly—the relationship between man and nature. Parer’s work is meant to raise questions about the role of humanity in the preservation of his natural environment (a question which has become ever more relevant this past year).
“We share our home planet Earth with other species,” says the artist. “And we may be the most evolved because we can manipulate our environment the most, but I think that this comes with an arrogance from us which has proven detrimental.”
