A self-portrait, titled 'Saturating and Sinking Deeper', from the series CALAMITIES- PLASTIC & FAUNA. 

33.1 x 46.8"

Archival Digital C Type Print 

Dibond Mount+ S/Frame 15mm sub frame

CALAMITIES-PLASTIC & FAUNA was JABO's  response to the headlines surrounding the severity of the Microplastic problem that we are all currently living. The headline that vehemently took O'Neill's mind - 'Microplastic's have become discoverable in Human Organs'. 
Throughout the U.K. Lockdown she became relentless with materials and produced a body of work that contains photographs, sculpture and an oral poetic performance. When combined, CALAMITIES-PLASTIC & FAUNA engages with and stimulates emotional response in the viewer by combining a contradiction of jarring, self-portraits and beautiful sea fauna cyanotypes. In order to elicit the disruptive symbiosis between the manmade material, sea fauna and the human - leaning on aesthetic attraction and haptic/ bodily experiences of the viewer to spotlight the severity of the Microplastic problem. 

Saturating and Sinking Deeper

The digitally abridged version of CALAMITIES-PLASTIC & FAUNA. 

As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, following Prime minister Boris Johnson's announcement of the U.K. lockdown in March of 2021, physical shows due to take place this summer were cancelled and online versions scheduled. 

This period of feverish activity, caused O'Neill to radically adapt for a virtual audience. Despite her work being installation-focused with emphasis on the bodily experience of her art- for her audiences. JABO was able to combine VR software and her vision to paint a better picture of how she anticipated her work to be experienced. Ideally, a person would enter the 'exhibition' individually and walk through, with all their senses being stimulated, or arguably, over-stimulated and frightened. 

VR Recording of CALAMITIES-PLASTIC & FAUNA 2021

Printed on High Gloss 53 x 41" 

(4ft x 5ft)

A Self-Portrait, titled 'try and breathe' from the series, CALAMITIES-PLASTIC & FAUNA. 

CALAMITIES-PLASTIC & FAUNA engages with and stimulates emotional response in the viewer by combining a contradiction of jarring, self-portraits and beautiful sea fauna cyanotypes. In order to elicit the disruptive symbiosis between the manmade material, sea fauna and the human - leaning on aesthetic attraction and haptic/ bodily experiences of the viewer to spotlight the severity of the Microplastic problem

try and breathe

 8.3 x 11.7" printed onto handmade RAG paper, using a Japanese Hake brush (100% natural goats hair)

CALAMITIES- PLASTIC & FAUNA acknowledges the materiality and weight of the ‘plastic pollution’ problem, its material and human effects on sea fauna and also poses questions surrounding the sustainability of photography, through the exploration of alternative photographic printing techniques. 

The sequence of the series reveals a conceptual narrative concerning Microplastics found in the ocean, placed by the human hand- found in the bodies of all the sea fauna that fall beneath the food chain of the common octopus- conceptually exposing the ingestion and digestion of the passing of these Microbeads and Microplastics, to the very top of the food chain, foreshadowing the ultimate demise of the human via the consumption of Microplastic particles.



A dash of who do we trust now

A self- portrait, titled 'Are  you scared yet?,  from the series, CALAMITIES-PLASTIC & FAUNA. 

Printed on High Gloss, 33.1 x 46.8" 

Dibond Mount + S/Frame  15mm Sub Frame

CALAMITIES- PLASTIC & FAUNA was JABO's  response to the headlines surrounding the severity of the Microplastic problem that we are all currently living. The headline that vehemently took O'Neill's mind - 'Microplastic's have become discoverable in Human Organs'. Throughout the U.K. Lockdown she became relentless with materials and produced a body of work that contains photographs, sculpture and an oral poetic performance. When combined, CALAMITIES-PLASTIC & FAUNA engages with and stimulates emotional response in the viewer by combining a contradiction of jarring, self-portraits and beautiful sea fauna cyanotypes. In order to elicit the disruptive symbiosis between the manmade material, sea fauna and the human - leaning on aesthetic attraction and haptic/ bodily experiences of the viewer to spotlight the severity of the Microplastic problem. 

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Jessica Angela O'Neill ( IG: @artofjabo)