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Public Dreamer: Paula Jardine
Inner -
Nature
Jardine makes profound links with the energy and images of natural
systems. In early work, including A Wake for the Dead of Winter
(1982) and The Snow Queen (1983), she
choreographed large-scale public projects to honour the harshest
aspects of natural world as culture, information and metaphor for
the inner journey. More recent projects, including the Trout Lake
Restoration Project (1995) and the Wild Salmon Guild
(2003-ongoing), directly address environmental issues. The work
adopts an interdisciplinary approach that integrates concerns with
individual dreams, media culture, humour, the sacred, scientific
data and habitat repair.
Jardine muses, "The spiritual or sacred role of the artist in this
work is never really talked about, and we would certainly never use
the word 'ritual' on a grant application. But I do believe that
bringing people together to act out our story, the big questions of
life, and the phenomena of nature is a sacred ritual. It's
living culture; it's ensuring the continuation of the natural order
of things."
Refusing the separation between "human" and "nature" at the heart of
contemporary culture, Jardine invites us to experience our own inner
nature as our connection with all life.
Click on any image below to view a
large size and to start a slideshow of the work.
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Paper on
Community
Art for
Environmental
Projects
by Paula
Jardine
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