Going Forward Together
Textile sculpture The outbreak of bush fire and Covid-19 pandemic recently raise awareness of the complexities and interdependence of humans and nonhumans. Creative skills and thinking meaningfully contribute real-life solutions. The free-motion embroidery works in Going forward Together, merge tradition craft with technology, provoke reflection on nature-culture-techno collaborations in posthumanity. The lines, silhouettes and colours on the embroidery works tell the story of reaching out and making kin as a collective way to deal with the great depths of the ecological devastation we face, and build more liveable futures. This group of works inspire new perspectives on the depths of our connections to each other (humans, animals, nature and technologies), our notions of independence, and the inseparable threads we must follow and affirm in perilous times. This is also an open invitation to seek creative possibilities in caring and balancing our deeply stressed ecosystem. |