little lines for Listening
Store Review (0)PRESENTED BY : Amy Rusch
| Frame | Framed in kiaat with glass |
|---|---|
| Medium | Thread and found Plastic Earbud Sticks gathered over 2 years along the Kommetjie Coastline |
| Location | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Height | 46.00 cm |
| Width | 35.50 cm |
| Artist | Amy Rusch |
| Year | 2024 |
| Subject | Abstract |
Earbud ‘stokkies’ become time keepers and little pixel prompts to listen. Collected off the beaches in Kommetjie and cape town roads.
Cut into pieces and put back together in
Linking lines
Listening lines
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This piece is hand stitched together with the feeling of its potential to grow and never stop growing. Once seen, the little earbud sticks appear to be everywhere, and this collection is never ending. In threading all these layers back together comes the hope that I can find new ways, new forms for listening and hearing. The hand-stitching is restful and stands in contrast to my experience using a sewing machine. Heath Nash once referred to plastics like these, gathered on beaches, as traumatized plastics – they have really been exposed to the elements. My senses activate and extend outward from self while working in this way and my hands move gently, carefully with these materials which have become so precious with time.
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