Freedom from Within

20 July, 2022
Freedom from Within

Works from my solo exhibition: Beauty and the Beast. A selection of works exploring the space beyond dualistic perceptions.

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Freedom from Within

What is freedom? Does it mean we can do whatever we want, fighting structure, order, system? Shall we think outside boxes or even better get rid of them?

This series of works plays with the idea that we can only think outside a box if there is a box to think outside!

If we start embracing our tendency to put everything in boxes, we might start to recognise these boxes as part of the whole. Then we may realise that freedom only exists within our own minds and hearts.

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Card board boxes, muka (natural and plant dyed), hand spun muka paper (painted with botanical colours), hand spun yarns, seaweed, pingao, cat claw creeper seedpods, possum fibre (dyed with harakeke seedpods), mothplant fibre

Each box: W: 95mm x H: 95mm

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For more about Beauty and the Beast, check out my blog post: https://www.islafabu.com/blog/beauty-and-the-beast 

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