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For more and updated news and newest work, work in progress and my current inspiration and research 'Crystalline' Spring Summer 2010 Collection by Jessica Harris (www.jessicaharris.net) Verena creates child-like and seemingly innocent silhouettes of animals and figures, morphed with a digitally created background of imaginary landscapes, naïve wonderlands, and dark dreamscapes. Verena says, "I am fascinated by the innocent imagery of the pictorial illustrations which often accompany fairy-tales, while the narrative itself is often dark and uncanny. Being of English and Russian ancestry, and growing up in Germany before attending school and university in England, I have a keen interest in how different cultures mirror each other's stories and heritage. Living in an era in which advertising and visual media are overpowering our imagination for commercial purposes, fairy-tales as told to children still harbour a sense of humankind's most ancient fantasies, fears, and desires." The series of images will be displayed in lasercut acrylic frames, combining traditional techniques such as paper cuts and woodcutting with modern technology, and extending the images beyond two dimensions in the same way that our dreams (or nightmares) are carried from sleep into our everyday. |
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