Tag: Blood
Blood on Silk: As per Instructions, 2013 250 x 360cm pain, fabric and nails photo credit Alex Wisser
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To commemorate the inaugural Dr Peter Domachuk Memorial Lecture given by Professor Fiorenzo Omenetto last night
Installation shot of Blood on Silk: Surgery
2013, ribbon, canvas paint and wood. 360(h) x 525(w) x 20cm As installed in the foyer of the Science Building EA6 at Macquarie University, Sydney , Australia
Musings on being just a price taker ?
I'm thinking about the way the market operates for a person who produces and sells their own blood or blood products and the possibility of similarities to the manner of operation of the markets for agricultural products . In particular the idea of being a price taker not a price maker. Price takers are [...]
Article called ‘A pound of flesh’ by Julie Bindel in the SMH today – well worth reading
http://www.smh.com.au/national/-2pt2c.html A kidney? $135,000. A heart? Up to $1.6 million. With the number of organs now critically limited, wealthy patients are spending a fortune on illicit transplants. But it is the desperate 'donors' who are paying the ultimate price
Blood on Silk: Field of Flowers ( Detail)
Blood on Silk: Surgery (detail)
Fragment of larger work consisting of sixteen woven panels. Detail shows side view of two panels shown at Culture at Work May 8 to 16th 2013
Blood on Silk: Field of Flowers ( Detail )
This is a detail of the work which consists of thirty of these plinths. On each will sit three or more hand sewing baskets re-lined with beaded floral fabrics, embroidered flowers, oya or gold paper flowers over the original red, pink or orange linings of the baskets. This work references cultural material brought to the [...]
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