Natural Wishing Fabric
“The image
here, Natural Wishing Fabric is the first of a series of
printed fabrics which I have recently produced for my new public interactive
art work Natural Wishing which is part of curator Amy Lipton's 5×5 project, BiodiverCITY, for the The DC Commission on
the Arts and Humanities in Washington DC this spring. I chose this opportunity
to create a series of fabrics with texts of anonymous wishes that I
have collected from around the world via Internet, fax, mail, written and
spoken for my ongoing Wish Machine Project (and artists book 1000+Wishes). All together these wishes link our common desires, pain,
joy, and hopes in a poetic rant that accents humanity’s similarities more than
differences. Among the most moving are wishes are from Tibetan refugee
children in India which provide the book with a call for peace and compassion
that is universal. The texts/words are overlayed on images of trees and faded
wishing actions then printed on organic cotton. As the fabric is cut and then
hung on trees by many participants this spring at The Textile Museum, one will
see and experience wishing acts evolving into a cycle of art nature and nature
and hope.” -- Chrysanne Stathacos
BIO :
Toronto and NYC based Chrysanne Stathacos’ interdisciplinary art practice
draws on photography, print making, book-works, video, installation, public
art, and participatory interaction. She aims to make new connections between
cultures, historical periods, technologies, and environmental issues, which
mirror the human processes of change, hope, healing and mortality. Stathacos
has exhibited her work extensively in museums, galleries, sculpture gardens,
and public spaces internationally including The Wish Machine,
presented by Creative Time in Grand Central Station, New York City. She
received a 2001 award from the Japan Foundation, for The Wish Machineproject,
which enabled her to do creative research in India and Japan for six months.
Her most recent public art projects include True Patriot Love for
Nuit Blanche, Toronto, and Three Wishing Trees for the
Bundesgartenschau 2011, in Koblenz Germany. Websites: http://www.wishmachine.com and http://www.chrysannestathacos.com and http://www.the5x5project.com/bios/amy-lipton/chrysanne-stathacos/
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