Joan Truckenbrod


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"My working palette includes the underwater world and the reverberations of the spirits that dwell there. This is represented by the light patterns on the water that project themselves onto objects that I place in the water. These worlds that I create become womb-like, evoking transformation and renewal. I place bodice tissue patterns from women's clothing in the water because they capture the twisting and transformation of the ocean's current. Sunlight carried on the surface of the waves is projected onto these patterns. These undulating patterns of light make me think of ceremonial symbols that are painted by the Aboriginal on their bodies in the secrecy of night only to be revealed by firelight as they perform ceremonial dances around the fire. "

from: Tears in the Connective Tissue
Explorations in Art and Technology, 2002
 
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