Lana Kotro
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Sculpture)
My practice is the nurtured exploration of a love triangle between body, mind and time: an indulgence in my own daydreams and other cerebral wormholes. I enjoy working in textiles; patchworking for me is a way of existing. The slow mending of what is frayed—both physically and mentally—is a technique of reconnecting with the past while informing my present. The repetitive threading, looping and weaving that my work requires is vital in the nurturing of an artmaking cycle and enlightens hidden thoughts. My romantic affliction with texture talks to a history of domestic crafts and women's work, which I welcome and aesthetically augment to respond to the art world hierarchy with feminist discourse.
