"In this piece a group of snails have been encrusted with rhinestones, their dull appearance concealed by a dazzling new shell. By fusing the artificial with the natural in an absurd and decadent manner, the work challenges ideas of taste whilst questioning changing attitudes towards our bodies in an age that has become increasingly concerned and obsessed with body modification and artifice." Photograph: PR
“In a society that strives for perfection and precision, I am interested in the reality and ideas of ‘imperfection’. Life is not Hollywood, life is what you make of it and I choose to celebrate this.” Photograph: PR
“My practice explores ideas of taste and value, the context of objects and the readings these objects have when presented in certain ways. These works reference natural forms, modernist design and methods of museum display. Choosing ceramics as my medium, I create objects of ‘actual’ material value to produce a collection of ‘stuff’ which sits oddly in a space between the ornament and sculpture.” Photograph: PR
Jade's work uses two 40 x 60 cm panels, acrylic and tape on hardboard. Photograph: PR
“I found Paradise by the side of the sunlit pool in L.A, where Beyoncé was lying down in a bikini; it was red, like a heart. Her body was lying below a palm tree. I could hear whales in the distance, birds too. This was where Paradise came from. This is the Paradise Pool. I never got her number, but I got a palm tree.” Photograph: PR
HD Video with audio. Perspex, nylon wire, vinyl floor tiles. 11:29 minutes, looped. Photograph: PR
Ren Aldridge explores the issue of street harassment in her piece entitled Give Us A Smile Love Photograph: PR
Sven Steinhauer describes his piece entitled The Hustle as a 'post-internet digitally manipulated video'. Photograph: PR
Tom's work follows two artists into the heart of India where they explore the depths of the Lonar Meteorite Crater Lake in their hand-made diving suit. Photograph: PR
Our piece is about "ergonomics" say Tommie and Charles, adding that it is "a blurring between the relationship of products designed for domestic/office use and materials used in order to promote human efficiency and productivity." Photograph: PR
