Dana Kletke - Winnipeg, Manitoba
© Dana Kletke 2015
Photo Credit: Leif Norman |
rec-ol-lec-tion - 2015
Criteria
Technique: digital Layout: across folds Text: stream of consciousness, free write, or rant Paper: minimal paper usage Colour: monochromatic Image: none Adjectives: formal; graphic; manifesto-based; encyclopedic; textured Statement/Bio
While working in a small knitting factory, I discovered the world of textiles. Multiples and repetition became my way of working. Before the factory closed, I found myself collecting small discarded items. In the work rec·ol·lec·tion (a thing recollected; a memory), I have used these items as a way to remember my time in the factory. By piercing the factory envelope with pins and knitting needles, I am exploring the fragility of memory and the ability to recall certain memories. The knitting pattern stitched into the paper is also faded and unravelling. There are loose threads, broken lines and faded words. Guided by the parameters provided by the project, my focus rested with ‘across folds’, ‘monochromatic’ and ‘textured’. Winnipeg-based mixed media artist Dana Kletke holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinction from the University of Manitoba. She has participated in exhibitions throughout Manitoba including Backspace Forward, Manitoba Craft Council’s 2014 juried exhibition in partnership with the Manitoba Crafts Museum & Library. Her work was included in Boxed In! an exhibition of small sculptural works for The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Hard Twist 8: This is Personal for the Gladstone Hotel’s 8th annual juried textile exhibition in Toronto, ON. Dana is an arts administrator and an active member of the Winnipeg arts community. |