Chantal Pitts
Chantal Pitts
Past Shows
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Threads of Tradition: A Visual Dialogue between Tamil culture and perception of the self
My project crafts a visual language, melding Tamil cultural ideologies of self with contemporary practice. Through automatic drawings, ritual, performance and symbolic motifs, I aim to depict the threads of the unseen self. Cultural relics, like Salangai bells and Kolam rice, are used in this project, which focuses on a nuanced realm of collective consciousness.
The annual Degree Show is a highly anticipated event amongst staff, students, external partners and friends of the School of Art – it provides a platform for the work that the students have spent so long conceiving and producing. The 2023 Degree Show has been realised through an ongoing testing of ideas in public arenas in which the discourse around art practice takes place. This process of realising practice which engages with audiences has over […]
