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Artist Statement
Head On Photo Festival Sydney Australia
Associated Artist
Exhibiting photographer
Robyn Louise Taylor
This exhibition communicates the feelings and flashbacks of my childhood trauma.
I have constructed a series of images that blend both the macabre and the beautiful experiences I had growing up.
Integrating the paradoxes of childhood sexual trauma is extremely difficult for survivors, as no person is truly in hell for their entire existence. There may be pretty things in view, such as flowers, while assault is occurring. The paradox is sometimes also the lifesaver. Prisoners of war have remembered beautiful blue skies or pink sunsets as something that kept them alive, for example.
One method of facilitating the complex integration process is through art making. Art therapy gave me the tools to use visual language to express the experiences and emotions that are verbally inexplicable or taboo.
Fright Night I
Domestication – the macabre that lurks beneath the linen and the lace.
These photos, created with iPhone apps, are an illustration of progress toward a series of images that will be titled “Dining In” and on exhibition at Tap Gallery, Sydney, from 26th May – 8th June 2014.
I have blogged the progress and thoughts behind the series at https://defloweredart.com/the-resolution-of-the-digital-series-dining-in
Sketches Dining In I
Sketches Dining In II
Sketches Dining In III
Sketches Dining In IV
Sketches Dining In V
Sketches Dining In VI
I created all the work on my iPhone using various camera and fx apps. As I progressed through the body of work I found themes of domestication, womanhood, madness, devilry and finally beauty.
Each piece is presented in original size with very little text, visceral reactions are the goal.
All work is layered with original photos taken from my own environment.