Memory Souvenirs

New work has been under way for the MFA. I have begun focussing on developing a series of embroidered handkerchiefs with stories from the "PEG IS 40!" archives. To complement these embroidered handkerchiefs I have begun selecting found organic matter from the site of enquiry, such as these bouquets of weeds, and have picked seed pods off them and cast them in bright silver.



I have also developed a website for community members to contribute their story. I plan to take these stories and embed them into the creative work.

PEG IS 40! developments

As the weeks and months have passed, my Masters PEG IS 40! project has also developed. These images are from my installation at last years HDR Colloquium.
The project has changed a bit since this, now focussing on developing a site orientated and community based project on location.

ZINE LAUNCH!

I'm having my debut zine launch at the Sticky Institute this Wednesday, the 2nd of February from 6-7pm at Sticky (down in the Flinders Street/Degraves Street Subway). It features as part of this years "I am Typewriter Festival."
Those who attend will be among the first to pick up this newest zining member of "The Top Eleven" series.
Here is the synopsis for the zine, and the lauch/forum:

Typewriters eventually need their ribbon replaced because ink runs out.
But what do people do with this old ribbon once its removed from the
typewriter? This zine guides enthusiasts through 11 easy and realistic
activities or uses for a ribbon, once discarded; ranging from friendship
bands, to dreamcatchers, to marathon finishing lines.

The Launch features a one-off instructional forum, an intimate how-to of functions, taken from the zine.
Please please please BYO old typewriter ribbon to the forum.







I will also be selling a selection of zines at the Annual Zine Fair on Saturday 12th of February, 1-6pm, in the Flinders Street subway.

Peg is 40!

New developments occurring for my research. The topic has shifted it's focus:

Peg is 40! questions place, personal and communal identity, and language.
By appropriating the text taken from a graffitied inscription on a bridge, and through story telling, the work explores the effect of the text upon the community inhabiting the surrounds of the site.

The work responds to the sense of place that is “Peg is 40!”, and focuses on addressing memory and identification (both personal and communal), as well as myth-making within local place through an engagement with appropriating the text, and exploring the language and landmark, as well as the surroundings of “Peg is 40!”

The project aims to encourage a dynamic engagement from viewers by challenging the semiotics of words and presenting an ambiguity in meaning for the text of the inscription, when abstracted from a definitive setting.