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Inner Storm

By <a href="https://axisweb.org/artist/shellygoldsmith" title="Shelly Goldsmith" class="inline font-bold underline transition-opacity duration-100 hover:opacity-50 focus:opacity-50"> Shelly Goldsmith </a> 2011

Shelly Goldsmith

Installation using a reclaimed wedding dress from Xenia, Ohio - the U.S. location receiving the highest incident of tornados on the globe. Imagining the latent residue left behind in worn clothing, the piece utilises woven name tape, and references a transcript of the radio broadcast from 4th April 1974 the day of the 'super outbreak' of tornados across Xenia, Ohio U.S.A.

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Shelly Goldsmith

Shelly Goldmith

Shelly Goldsmith

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Daughters Dress

Queen of Clouds

Locus of the Dress Publication - Introduction (printed on a head scarf)

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