Sense into re/membering

I identify an initial access point drawn from previous MIECAT units’ emergent resonances + processes. An artifact expresses these knowings, becoming the seed from which all subsequent access points + key elements unfold.

The artifact expression (Figures 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4) draws on notions of re-connecting with spirit/stories/place + tending to ancestral roots. A cluster (Figure 1.5) + keyword poem (Figure 1.6) demonstrate reduction; key resonant moments are tracked and documented (Figures 1.7, 1.8, 1.9).

I begin stitching a more rhizomatic system - referencing familial connections to mending/making, searching for ways to undo my/our radical estrangement + re-stitch connections/threads to my/our stories.

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Figure 1.1: Emma Byrnes, Original artifact, 2024, Still image of collaged + stitched expression.
Figure 1.2: Emma Byrnes, Sticking down discarded torn fragments , 2024, Still image of glued collage pieces.
Figure 1.3: Emma Byrnes, Stitching rhizomatic familial connections , 2024, Still image of thread stitches in paper.
Figure 1.4: Emma Byrnes, Threading spirit , 2024, Still image of loose + stitched thread on photograph
Figure 1.5: Emma Byrnes, stitching/knitting/feeling ways into entanglement , 2024, Still image of clustered key elements from access point.
Figure 1.6: Emma Byrnes, The All-Purpose Cyclical Ancestor/Descendent Heirloom Piece, 2024, Still image of keywords cluster poem.
Figure 1.7: Emma Byrnes, Feeling into re/membering, 2024, Still image of resonant moment + keywords noted by companion.
Figure 1.8: Emma Byrnes, Materials leading the way, 2024, Still image of reflexive understanding with material + consequent expression.
Figure 1.9: Emma Byrnes, Reducing the tangle, 2024, Still image of ink drawing reduction from keywords + resonance with material.