Emma Franklin
Sleep 2006 (detail)
interfacing, wood, fluorescent light, plastic, sequins, beads
174.0 x 97.0 x 97.0 cm
Mater Christi College, Belgrave
 
The concept directing my artwork was sleep, which is inherently necessary for all humans to be able to function. The symbolic imagery of the dreams and nightmares is a consequence of personal experience. The constructed nature of both garment and illuminated boxes imitates the systematic process involved in the nightly incursions into the human mind.