HOPE IN DARK PLACES.

Artist Statement

Time shows us the struggle, the pain, the liberation and the ecstasy of being. Hope In Dark Places, works to curiously explore the motive of these repetitive cycles. By using the forms of time and space to action a shared, performative experience for one to investigate a personal and communal relationship to these emotions. 

The Japanese art known as, Kintsugi (Japanese: 金継ぎ, lit. 'golden joinery'), also known as Kintsukuroi (金繕い, "golden repair") is a practice that originally consists of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with powdered gold. 

Inspired by the harmonious mending and transformational healing of the ‘golden repair’, Hope In Dark Places metaphorically offers oneself an opportunity to tend to their wounds. Throughout the performance and extended exhibition of the work, one can lay their fears, worries or brokenness within a piece of gold thread and as they feel ready, they are invited to tie their thread to the work, slowly forming a collective weaving. 

The communal weaving of this golden web, aims to create an experience for one to observe their own healing whilst bearing witness to the vulnerable transformation of others. Further, Alchemising one's darkness into something greater, as having the courage to share our fears, ignites a light far brighter than any mask can hide. Hope In Dark Places is a calling to share one's whole self. A ritual of radiance, a unity of pain, an honoring of depth and most importantly, a creation of hope.