I am a Melbourne/Narrm born multidisciplinary artist, whose practice is informed and driven by ethics, social justice, and passionate activism. My work examines and queries the complex relations between history, forms of personal, collective, and institutional memory, and culture. This body of work titled ‘Impressions’; is comprised of seven pieces that work together to convey a literal, social, and philosophical interrogation of the written and spoken narratives that span millennia. These narratives impact and influence the expression of the customs and cultures within communities. In turn, forming a continual cycle of learning, growth, and enrichment.
The Beginning of the Change. 42cm w x 59cm. intaglio print on cotton rag.
The Beginning of the Change' is one part of a body of seven pieces of work that comprises 'Impressions'. These pieces work together to convey a literal, social, and philosophical interrogation of the written and spoken narratives that span millennia. The narratives that form from this evolution impacts and influences the expression of the customs and cultures within communities. In turn, forming the continual cycle of learning, growth, and enrichment. These works incorporate intaglio prints on cotton rag, paperboard with marble dust, plasters tape, torn notebook pages, acrylic paint and gesso, and film document holder with ribbed cardboard, and image transfer on Japanese paper.
The Memory Holder. 42 cm w x 59cm h
Film Document folder, corrugated cardboard, Image Transfer on Japanese Mashi paper.
Impression'
2m h x 80cm w. Seven pieces of work, created using intaglio prints on cotton rag, Film Document Holder, Japanese paper, image transfer, corrugated cardboard and mixed media board. Titles for the works include: The Origins, The Beginning of the Change, The Narratives I,II,III,IV, The Memory Holder.
'Installation view 1'
'Installation view 2'
'Installation view 3'
Di Erlichman, The Beginning of the Change. 42cm w x 59cm. intaglio print on cotton rag.
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