‘ABSTRUSE’
The theme of my research is liminality – the in-between or middle phase of rites of passage that we go through in various transformative stages in our lives, such as adolescence, marriage and motherhood. During these transformations we are neither here nor there, not one thing or another. It is marked by confusion and uncertainty. It is in this ambiguous state that the archetype of the mischievous, shape-shifting trickster gains prominence.
By reusing and reworking second hand or discarded clothes and textiles into artworks, these items no longer possess their previous character; they undergo a transformation to be ‘reborn’ and get a new lease of life.
Wouna le Roux 