Dialogue: Adriana and Monica

tangle//disentangle: embroidery comes from memory

Embroidery came up to me in a very magical way. I love this craft because it is very symbolic way to manuver your thoughts. My…

large embroidery

iaa will require a project (working) TITLE by 1 April.

The BUDGET should reflect the realistic cost of the specific activity you intend to undertake,…

“women don’t bare nor raise children for war”

It is amazing how when you have an idea, life brings to your shore lots of information concerning to this idea…I have been meeting, “out…

embroidery/memory/healing

a very strong project, Adriana. it would be good to start thinking about the pragmatic aspect of the production (budget?). also, what’s the title?








Obscured, Displaced, Unheard and X-rayed

In 2007 I ran a workshop, at the Cambridge Botanic Garden, with eleven refugees from seven different countries – Albania, Iran, Moldova, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Eritrea…

embroidering//memory//healing

It is proper to expect art to heal your sorrows? or at least to make sense out of them…?
When I think of making…

what do YOU want (really)

back to basics - (I) what do YOU want to say? (II) how is your desire going to inhabit the language (medium) you intend to…

looking for Monica

I’ll chase Monica… meanwhile, be good if you could think about how the ‘embroidery & memory’ projects relates to NOW








thinking

where is Monica now?
I’ve been thinking about historical memory and the way to use embroidery as a way of keeping this memory. Please…

a man displaced

a woman sited?