Totem dolls with souls is a group exhibition exploring self identity through the resurging craft movement. Artists are invited to create …
Totem dolls with souls is a group exhibition exploring self identity through the resurging craft movement. Artists are invited to create a self portrait doll, not of how they look on the outside, but showing how they feel about themselves or how they secretly see themselves on the inside. These dolls will then be hung in the Fracture Galleries at Federation Square in Melbourne from 22nd of September to the 13th November as part of the Melbourne International Fringe Festival. These dolls can be created from scratch (sewn, knitted, crocheted, carved, glued etc), conversions from pre-existing dolls, sculptural assemblages from any materials, found objects or anything else you can imagine. They can be a human, an animal, a mythical creature or anything else. They can be as fantastical or ordinary as each artist feels themselves to be. Artists can submit as many dolls as they wish. The venue can cater for dolls from 30cm to several metres. The Totem exhibition recognises we live in a growing culture of alienation which results in an increasing suspicion of strangers and shame of the self. The central premise of Totem is that no matter how different from each other we might seem on the outside, we all feel the same on the inside and it expresses this through individually created dolls which expose each artists deepest sense of identity, demonstrating that the realm of human experience is the same no matter who we are. For further info please contact the curator Sayraphim Lothian them@omnificassembly.com / www.omnificassembly.com
Totem dolls with souls is a group exhibition exploring self identity through the resurging craft movement. Artists are invited to create …
Totem dolls with souls is a group exhibition exploring self identity through the resurging craft movement. Artists are invited to create a self portrait doll, not of how they look on the outside, but showing how they feel about themselves or how they secretly see themselves on the inside. These dolls will then be hung in the Fracture Galleries at Federation Square in Melbourne from 22nd of September to the 13th November as part of the Melbourne International Fringe Festival. These dolls can be created from scratch (sewn, knitted, crocheted, carved, glued etc), conversions from pre-existing dolls, sculptural assemblages from any materials, found objects or anything else you can imagine. They can be a human, an animal, a mythical creature or anything else. They can be as fantastical or ordinary as each artist feels themselves to be. Artists can submit as many dolls as they wish. The venue can cater for dolls from 30cm to several metres. The Totem exhibition recognises we live in a growing culture of alienation which results in an increasing suspicion of strangers and shame of the self. The central premise of Totem is that no matter how different from each other we might seem on the outside, we all feel the same on the inside and it expresses this through individually created dolls which expose each artists deepest sense of identity, demonstrating that the realm of human experience is the same no matter who we are. Entries close 15th Aug For further info please contact the curator Sayraphim Lothian them@omnificassembly.com / www.omnificassembly.com
Sounds like my front garden.
Sounds like my front garden.
Say hello to Formalde. Formalde, say hello to the internets. This i…
Say hello to Formalde. Formalde, say hello to the internets. This is my alter ego created for the Omnific Assembly’s exhibition Totem: Dolls with Souls which runs from 24 to 30 September at Fracture Gallery, Federation Square, as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival. “Totem is a collection of dolls created by artists to reflect how they truly feel themselves to be. These dolls are more than just simple children’s toys, they are powerful symbols of who we think we are, the internal workings of the human mind given form and are honest, heartfelt expressions of self.” There is a great little article about the exhibition in The Age, and there is a photo of the curator Sayraphim Lothian having tea with her inner self here. If you’re in Melbourne come on down for the opening between 5:30 and 8:30pm on Thursday 25th September 2008. The exhibition is open 24 hours a day for the duration of the Fringe Festival.
Oh boy just found out that my new picture Totem Apache has been featured in the fab First Things group. / !http://images-1.redbubble.net/i…
Oh boy just found out that my new picture Totem Apache has been featured in the fab First Things group. / / Many thanks you guys, you have made my weekend start fantastically, dawnx Happy 4th July to all my American friends.
Take a look at the new RichImage Calendar for 2010. Twelve images of Animals and Birds. 12 Totems for you for 2010.
Take a look at the new RichImage Calendar for 2010. Twelve images of Animals and Birds. 12 Totems for you for 2010.
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