Essex Armchair
By
Jane Ostler
2006 - 2007
Jane Ostler
- Painting
- Drawing and Illustration
- Socially Engaged Practice
- Spiritual & Philosophical
- Socioeconomic Structures & Consumerism
- Science & Technology
- Personal Narratives & Identity
- Global Perspectives & Multiculturalism
- Environment & Sustainability
- Abstract & Conceptual
- Social & Political
- Health & Wellness
- Heritage & Archives
- Urban Dynamics & Public Realm
- Graphics & Illustration
- post-capitalism
- solarpunk
- Interspecies
- eco-critical
- fermentation
- digestion
- salvage
Dimensions
30cm x 50cm
Inspired by emigration of a distant aunt to the USA by Steam Packet in 1873.
The idea of a sedentary lifestyle as symbolised by a comfortable armchair combines with the inactivity of ourselves to hold back the rise of sea levels, which may indeed affect our decendants' lives in the future.
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