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An embodied dress art installation: Practice based research into place and identity
An embodied dress art installation: Practice based research into place and identity
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Start date
2020-07-20End date
2020-08-10Language
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This was planned to be an exhibition presentation following my artist in residence at Shankhill Castle in Ireland. Due to COVID-19 the whole conference was converted to online mode.Research statement
There are many ways we view society, at times it is transparent and at other times, opaque. The transitions between absence and presence is a common theme in postmodern feminist theory as it is in my work. In context to society and the body I explore dress-art that draws on and contributes to, space, place and identity (see Hannigan, 2019). Engaging the methodology of arts-practice based research, a question that emerges in my practice is What happens when we engage new materiality in our practices where we create artefacts from our body and embodied experiences about our socially constructed and socially presented bodies? Some of the background and relevance to this research project is art and craft practices and images of my female ancestors that have influenced my work. Growing up in New-Zealand alongside Maori Culture exposed me to the belief that ancestors maintain an ongoing connection. The idea of absence and presence for me is more about what is ‘there’ rather than ‘not there’ so the art and craft practices of my female ancestors has an influence on my practice today; theirs was tidy, functional/wearable art - often knitted and crocheted garments that reflected the societies and bodily-needs of their eras. Although I use some of these techniques and practices that my grandmothers have passed down, my art is in context to contemporary society, culture and new materiality; The bodies in different times and places mean engagement with materials, tools and processes and intentionality alter. Traditional women’s art practices of fiber arts become metaphoric threads through time for me and them. Summary of this project: Metaphoric veils are explored in my depictions of the dress form in different times, places, practices and contexts. Rogue knitting un-wearable art without patterns to work from, is a way I express my embodied ways of knowing social, cultural and ancestral influences of the body and the body’s form in my times and places.Publication classification
JR6 Recorded/Rendered Creative Works - OtherScale
NTRO OtherExtent
Digital presentation including my images and writingEvent
International Arts in Society. Conference (2020 : Online from Galway, Ireland)Publisher
University of IrelandPlace of publication
Galway, IrelandUsage metrics
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