HERE | THERE

Embroidery animation, embroidery on linen, stop motion animation

2023

Duration: 1:50 min., loop

Textile: 120cm x 120cm

Here | There reflects on a personal experience of migration, loss of home, displacement and living in a constant state of ‘in-between’.

Inspired by a traditional embroidery sampler from the collection of the German Migration Museum in Hahndorf, South Australia, and the story of the first German women settlers, it reimagines and transforms a historical textile practice through animation.

Threads connect the past with the present, mapping the shared experience of navigating between borders, places, languages, cultures and histories.

The work is a rhythmic meditation that evokes nostalgia for home and familiarity, while navigating the transition to a new environment and developing a new understanding of self.

EXHIBITIONS

Presence, the SA History Festival Exhibition, Hahndorf Academy, Hahndorf, SA, Australia, May 4- June 3, 2023