Dora Wednesday
Penrith High School
- Artwork title
- A stitch over time sends you blind
- HSC year
- 2005
- ARTEXPRESS year
- 2006
- Expressive form
- Textiles and fibre
- Artist’s statement
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Stepping into the Out of sight exhibition that catered for visually impaired people, my first thought was: 'How would we explain sight to someone who has always been blind?’ Ironically, I explored this question through my art-making using textured paper, calligraphy pens and textiles. I researched the notion of sight, conducted an interview with Barbara Bonfield, a visually impaired woman, and further explored these experiences through digital media and sewing. The manipulation of an original work became the manipulation of perception: the boundary of visual acuity is challenged by the sense of touch when using thread and fabric.
Collection connections
Through multi-panel, mixed media installations, Simryn Gill comments on the experience of a personal and public place in society, both past and present. Examine similarities in Dora Wednesday’s art-making, both in conceptual and material practice. Discuss how both artists respond to subjective and cultural experience through what can and cannot be seen, using text as image and image as text.
