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Monika Cvitanovic

 Remediation 

 

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 Natural dyes, panties, bra lace, fabric offcuts, ribbons and sewing thread on reclaimed folded shirts, dimensions variable, 2022-2023 


This work is preoccupied with consumerist alienation from the invisible labours behind garments and with restoration of the devalued textiles. The process involves folding of well-worn shirts, natural dyeing, hand sewing of fabric scraps and stitching. The repetitive cross-stitches seek to highlight the layers of labour in the garments and encode the memories associated with the bodies that wore them.
Monika Cvitanovic is a Croatian born, Sydney/Gadigal-based artist who fosters a slow and circular practice involving hand stitching as a form of resistance to patriarchal and capitalist expectations. Monika practices a slow approach to materiality, memory and layers of histories embedded in quotidian objects. Her current project reclaims textiles as a site of care for her familial and cultural histories of textile-based knowledge and aims for sustainability in relationship to the future.

Artist profile

Instagram | @monikazart
Website | www.monikacvitanovic.com
$550
Remediation III, 2022, turmeric and beetroot dye, bra lace and thread on reclaimed shirt, 57 x 36 cm
Remediation VI, 2022-23, turmeric stain, thread and velvet offcuts on a shirt, 59,5 x 35 cm
Remediation VIII, 2022-23, tea stain, thread, ribbon, panties and fabric offcuts on reclaimed shirt, 51 x 37 cm
Remediation IX, 2022-23 turmeric stain, fabric scrap and thread on reclaimed shirt, 59 x 38 cm
Remediation XII, 2022-23, tea dye and thread on a shirt, 54 x 35,5 cm