Stomp The Holy Bones/ Urban Pulse

Imogen’s body of work investigates the many forms vandalism can take when understood beyond its traditional visual definition. Drawing on longstanding influences from the Situationist International movement and the principles of psychogeography, this practice develops these perspectives to examine how women and individuals who do not identify as cis male navigate urban environments. The work focuses particularly on the ways routes, movements, and behaviours shift after experiences of catcalling or in anticipation of potential unwanted interactions. This phenomenon has been conceptualized as Psycho-Vandalism—a state in which occupying public space becomes fraught due to the sexist or demoralising actions of others.

The theme is explored through paintings and drawings that combine charcoal with vivid, unnatural, and intentionally uncomfortable colours. The process includes interviewing women represented in the work, visiting the city areas they frequent, and photographing them after each conversation. This approach forms a layered visual and emotional mapping of lived experience, urban tension, and the psychological traces left on public space.