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“Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven
which is inspired by the smell of carrion” installation
- Edgar Allan Poe
This installation started from a place of personal uncertainty, fear, a feeling of futures
and passions lost, and ultimately a feeling of complete disengagement with life around
me. The premise for this exhibition was working through and exploring concepts of
disease, life, afterlife, time and future time as a reaction to personal health issues
and trauma.
This body of work is an imagining of a future wasteland.
A future that has been pushed so far that the very humanity
has become distorted in the process
I began looking at ideas of health, the physical body, and death. Through trauma in my
family and my own health no longer being guaranteed, I was forced to grapple with the installation
reality of my own mortality. This led me on an exploration of concepts of the soul; how
mythologically birds often played roles in dealing with the soul or in death and creation.
The bird being a harbinger for the soul.
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