The title TRAUMLANDS comes from the translation of dreamlands in German, in
which the word TRAUM has the meaning of DREAM and assonance with
TRAUMA.
The work incorporates partnerships with Young Bristol. Eastside Community Trust, PRSC, Dareshack and Wheal Martyn to facilitate the workshops and projections of the final artwork.
By animating the collages, I
aim to make a bridge from the characters’ trauma depicted in historical
paintings to a cooperatively crafted dreamland in which they’re liberated.
The
process of sourcing and compiling the images involves: indepth discussions
with experts about origins/symbolism of transformed creatures (dragons,deer, boar, bear, whale, chimera).