Kyra King-McGee explores the symbiotic relationships between the mind, body and personal identity in her work. “Multiplicity “ examines selfhood and embodiment through an exploration of how the body is internally experienced rather than externally seen. Central to the work is an exploration of the multiplicity of the self; the idea that the self is not one fixed identity, but the coexistence of conflicting and changing versions that move within our physical form.

King-McGee articulates the discomfort and uncertainty she experiences in relation to her own body and identity by staging images of contorted and intertwined bodily forms. The images function as abstract self-portraits, capturing unstable internal states rather than a literal representation of her appearance. These ambiguous forms fold into themselves, overlap and tangle. It remains unclear whether these selves coexist in harmony or in conflict. The viewer is drawn in by the unfamiliar forms and is compelled to try to break apart and decipher the image, only to discover that there is no determining where one part of us ends and another begins.