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Hamlet comprises of photographs taken in 'Swastika', Northern Ontario, Canada. It is a sleepy hamlet that was named Swastika long before The Third Reich mutated the symbol from its celestial origins. Ancient Chinese and Indian deities used the swastika as a representation to depict 'a door to the divine'. The artwork 'Hamlet' seeks to represent an interpretation of the Garden of Eden – an 'innocence' of what the symbol originally meant before being corrupted. A metaphor too, for the exploitation and mutation of minds.
'Swastika' is where *Unity Mitford was conceived as her father, Lord Redesdale attempted to prospect gold, in the hamlet’s goldmines. Unity is later photographed with her mother and father outside their house in 'Swastika'.
'Swas' and 'tika' are also the Canadian indigenous Cree words for 'two rivers joining together' |
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Hamlet
Photographs and mixed media on paper
2016
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