Perceived indifference
Perceived indifference exhibition catalogue, 21 March to 12 May
Perceived indifference exhibition catalogue, 21 March to 12 May
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PERCEIVED<br />
INDIFFERENCE<br />
21 MARCH TO 12 MAY, 2019<br />
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Ecuador-born artist Mariana del Castillo uses found<br />
objects to construct and explore stories relating to cultural<br />
dislocation through migration.<br />
<strong>Perceived</strong> <strong>indifference</strong> tells the story of the recent demolition of her<br />
childhood home in Ecuador. del Castillo addresses questions around<br />
her own identity by reconnecting with her personal sense of loss<br />
which overtime, she has chosen to abandon.<br />
del Castillo’s installation is a portrait of a woman who’s conflict<br />
comes from experiencing a sense of loss, alienation and isolation<br />
caused by the dislocation of migrating from her birth country to an<br />
unknown place. Found objects become motifs to explore her story<br />
and suggest a sense of memory and loss created by places she<br />
once inhabited. Using intricate sewing skills handed down to her by<br />
the women in her family de Castillo meticulously wraps and binds<br />
delicate objects to illustrate her feelings of fragility which she holds<br />
under her skin.<br />
She addresses issues of identity in relation to profound childhood<br />
memories of place and how these memories are reconstructed<br />
within our own consciousness. Through her investigations, based<br />
on the experiences of returning to Ecuador, del Castillo concludes<br />
that individuals have more than one identity: one that is based on<br />
a sense of unity and place which comes from belonging to a shared<br />
culture; and one that is based on identification and histories that are<br />
passed down.<br />
When individuals migrate they do not leave their beliefs, customs,<br />
skills or idioms behind, no matter what the circumstances of their<br />
migration. In this installation the ordinary becomes magical,<br />
nostalgic and quirky, while also being dramatic and unsettling, and<br />
what appear to be simple, familiar shapes and motifs aren’t always<br />
what they seem.<br />
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Mariana del Castillo<br />
<strong>Perceived</strong> <strong>indifference</strong><br />
2019<br />
glass, fibreglass, neon, recycled<br />
blankets, wood, metal, paper, plastic,<br />
liquid<br />
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Mariana del Castillo<br />
<strong>Perceived</strong> <strong>indifference</strong><br />
2019<br />
glass, fibreglass, neon, recycled<br />
blankets, wood, metal, paper, plastic<br />
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Exhibition partners<br />
Canberra Glassworks is supported by the ACT Government through artsACT and the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.<br />
Sponsor Exhibition accomodation partner Wine partner<br />
Cover image<br />
Mariana del Castillo, <strong>Perceived</strong> <strong>indifference</strong>, detail, 2019, glass, fibreglass, recycled blankets, wood, metal, paper, plastic<br />
Photographs: Adam McGrath<br />
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