'Vestige'
ink, colour pencil and watercolour on old doily mounted on
canvas-backed wallpaper,
46 x 51 cm, 2010.
Nina
Rupena
As
a result of personal experiences linked with dislocation (as a
refugee of war located in Bosnia and Herzegovina), I am attempting to
analyse and mediate this experience.
My
artwork ‘Vestige’
attempts to examine the
perception of ageing. In a visual sense, hands are a symbolic
vehicle, representing wisdom and endurance where folds, wrinkles and
scars narrate a story and represent personal histories.
I
have an evolving history as an industrial designer, photographer,
video and installation artist, working both within a fine arts
context and my own cultural community developing work which explores
memory and the nature of history and place.
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The
Collaboration
I
am collaborating with Patricia
Wozniak and Lauryn
Arnott. We come from diverse cultural backgrounds – Polish,
Zimbabwean and Bosnian.
What
we hoped to achieve with our collaboration is to enrich our art
practises by openly exchanging ideas, techniques and materials. The
opportunity to share personal histories and explore the complexities
of exile was greatly rewarding. We
enjoyed the synergy formed when creative minds are put together and
exciting ideas for future projects came as a result of Borders
Crossing project.
Text by Nina Rupena
Fumio Nanjo
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