The Fawn
$4,500
Archival pigment print of scanned slide film
39.75”W x 40”H with 1” maple frame
Music for Weavers is an expression and processing of relationship abuse, survival, and recovery. The works from this series - The Fawn, Living Cinema, Gambit, and Reintegration Matrix - embody the quiet rage of a weaver who executes patterns obediently, her mind thriving secretly in dreams of living undisrupted by social and interpersonal agreements. Drawing on the power and pain locked inside patternmaking, repetition, and the destruction of obligations, artists Twyla Sampaco and enereph (Connie Fu) provide a transformative sanctuary for viewers intent on dissolving oppressive bonds. By opting to show the face obscured by a mask crafted from fragments by Oakland-based craftsperson and artist Sadie Greyduck, and by using multiple exposure techniques on different film stocks, these portraits adamantly resist the viewer’s access to the soul, instead refracting the gaze through a sea of scarlet. (This work was supported in part by a grant from 4Culture.)
