“‘And because I am happy and dance and sing,
They think they have done me no injury.’
Through constructing imagery that oscillates from vulnerability to theatrical staging, I explore the bond between harm and resilience. Some images depict my body in domestic interiors or out in the forest performing unclear tasks whilst others display the complete absence of my physical self.
Each image making begins as a cathartic performance from which I emerge liberated and healed. The resulting image crosses the performative experience with the actual making of a photograph. The camera is not my silent witness but an active collaborator that transforms the staging.
Regardless of how personal the starting point of my work may be, in the end the narratives are inconclusive making them feasible of appropriation by the collectively experienced history. In this way my work disrupts dominant ideas of power and impunity whilst simultaneously vindicates the right to grieve.
TEXT: WILLIAM BLAKE
BINDING: DRAGON SCALE SCROLL BINDING.
TECHNIQUES: PHOTOGRAPHY, LETTERPRESS, JOOMCHI.
PAPERS: HANJI BY THE AUTHOR, WASHI BY AWAGAMI FACTORY.” - Hellen Colman
2” x 2” x 3”; opens to 24” long
*Consignment item. Not eligible for 10% membership discount. All consignment purchases are final and non-refundable once shipped.
“‘And because I am happy and dance and sing,
They think they have done me no injury.’
Through constructing imagery that oscillates from vulnerability to theatrical staging, I explore the bond between harm and resilience. Some images depict my body in domestic interiors or out in the forest performing unclear tasks whilst others display the complete absence of my physical self.
Each image making begins as a cathartic performance from which I emerge liberated and healed. The resulting image crosses the performative experience with the actual making of a photograph. The camera is not my silent witness but an active collaborator that transforms the staging.
Regardless of how personal the starting point of my work may be, in the end the narratives are inconclusive making them feasible of appropriation by the collectively experienced history. In this way my work disrupts dominant ideas of power and impunity whilst simultaneously vindicates the right to grieve.
TEXT: WILLIAM BLAKE
BINDING: DRAGON SCALE SCROLL BINDING.
TECHNIQUES: PHOTOGRAPHY, LETTERPRESS, JOOMCHI.
PAPERS: HANJI BY THE AUTHOR, WASHI BY AWAGAMI FACTORY.” - Hellen Colman
2” x 2” x 3”; opens to 24” long
*Consignment item. Not eligible for 10% membership discount. All consignment purchases are final and non-refundable once shipped.
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