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Karen D'Amico
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Luck of the Draw (detail)
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Luck of the Draw
mixed media installation; 130cm width / depth x 70cm height; 2007
Using the ‘wellbeing’ statistics from the UN’s Human Development Index (HDI), Luck of the Draw
re-presents this information in the context of ‘a poker game in progress’. The work seeks to draw attention to the implications of geographical location/origin as well as contrasting ideas of random-ness and fate with the fondly held notion of autonomous control over one’s circumstance.
The installation comprises a subverted poker table, 177 playing cards overlaid with maps representing each country on the HDI and four sets of customised poker chips, each denoting a ‘currency of wellbeing’.
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Luck of the Draw (installation view)
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Fragile Memories (installation view)
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Fragile Memories (detail)
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Burnt Offerings
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Fragile Memories, Installation (2007)
Reclaimed newsprint from the late 1800s, fishing line.
Burnt Offerings, Assemblage (2005)
Spent matchsticks, glass vials.
Both of these works explore memory, loss and fragility.
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