The Tavistock Institute of Human Relations (TIHR) Visiting Artist in Residence 2021

Urchin

STAGE 3 Urchin Pilgrimage to Imago

1-26 Psycho-Social Assets

Urchin is a loop animation exploring inter-generational trauma and emotional regulation.

Pilgrimage to Imago (Journey to the Mother/’Self’/Fly) is an open, ongoing project comprising 26 stages, 13 in Australia and 13 in the UK. Together, these stages extend a strong psychoanalytic framework toward the construction of a symbolic, idealized primordial mother figure, explored across a range of media. A residential program, both within and beyond the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations and its archival heritage, will foreground a series of embodied objects titled Tools for Life (Psycho-Social Assets). These correspond to five primary sections of the figure: head, upper torso, lower torso, legs, and wings. The sum of these parts will reflect key distinctions and patterns of lived experience, drawing on the Institute’s layered history and its commitment to learning through deep engagement.

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