materialworld:‘January 26 Day of Mourning’ Karla Dickens, 2013. Dickens on deciding to
materialworld:‘January 26 Day of Mourning’ Karla Dickens, 2013. Dickens on deciding to make art, from a discarded flag she found.… “The majority of Australia celebrates 26 January by wrapping themselves in the red, white and blue flag, having barbecues and feeling proud to be young and free. I cringe, stay close to dear friends, do all I can not to leave the house and respectfully hold my grief — the grief for the old, grief for the continuous denial, grief for the disrespect, grief for the lack of acknowledgment and the poor choice of the day to celebrate. After finding the flag at the tip, I went about hand-sewing my grief, with one cross after another. Unfortunately, it’s only a small gesture to reflect the true loss.”Dickens on people’s polarized reactions “I’ve had people congratulate me and say that it’s a powerful and provocative work and had others opposed to it. That confuses me as I find it provocative that this country chooses to celebrate Australia Day on the 26th January. At the end of the day it’s the way that I feel.” -- source link
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