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Longing for Home, Stories of First Generation Australian Women
Longing fo Home, Stories of First Generation Australian Women is the result of a collaboration with New Australian women. Victoria. 
Between October and November 2019, artist Sofie Dieu organised a series of embroidery workshops in the cities of Kingston and Monash. This Community based project aimed at acknowledging first generation Australian women through their creative work and social connection. 
 
Every week for 8 weeks, each session was attended by 50 women. Together with the artist they talked about womanhood and displacement, the joys and difficulties to make Australia their new home. They found so much in common despite their different background and age.
In the context of immigration, they teased out the emotionally charged meaning of home, and draw on personal narratives and creativity to translate our own experience. This book tells their personal journey through embroidery and text.
 
DETAILS
115 pages, half include photos and illustrations
Soft laminated cover
450gr
 
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Longing for Home, Stories of First Generation Australian Women

SKU: BOO02
AU$90.00Price

    Born in France, Sofie Dieu’s first encounter with art was through church. With a penchant for ritual and spirituality, the artist is best known for her fragile, sombre, and sometimes violent ink paintings and textile works.

     

    Poetic and humanist, her practice draws on her journeys to China and Australia. She explores how identity and memory fluctuate according to their immediate environment. Landscapes, people, secrecy, healing, and the dichotomy between light and darkness are some of her recurring themes.

      

    Multi-art prizes and award finalist, her work was included in the Sydney North Art Prize, Waterhouse Natural Science prize and the Contemporary Art Award amongst others. In 2016, she worked on the Camperdown Cemetery installation for Sydney Biennale. In 2017, her work will be shown during Vivid and Mental Health Month in Sydney.

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