Benthic Lungs by Caitlin Devoy

‍Artist: Caitlin Devoy

‍Title: Benthic Lungs

‍Year: 2026‍

Location: Market Place

Size: 250 x 300 x 1380 mm

Material: Silicone, rubber, polyurethane, PVC, steel, and found objects

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About the artwork: 

Benthic Lung reframes the diver’s tank as an interface within a liquid economy of objects, images, and bodies. Semi-translucent and loaded with everyday artefacts, it resembles what Steyerl calls “circuits of junk”—flows in which desire, waste, and identity collapse into one another. The tank becomes a container for circulating debris rather than air, exposing the unstable infrastructures that mediate contemporary life. In this suspended interior, Benthic Lung gestures toward a submerged condition where bodies, technologies, and cultural residues drift in perpetual, uncertain motion.

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About the artist: 

Caitlin Devoy lives and works in Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington), Aotearoa (New Zealand). She holds an MFA with Distinction from Massey University. Her practice examines sculptural materiality in relation to the body. Her focus is on the tactile, seductive and kinaesthetic potential of materials, and their potential to engage the viewer in an embodied, rather than predominantly visual, experience.