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All insects in this body of work were DOA (dead on arrival)
Room to Rent
a collection of found insects collected from around my house, named after people that have stayed round- brings to light the amount of insects and creatures which we share our living quarters with- all of which after the initial annoyance if a fly- we are un aware of. They soon dye and are replaced by a new tenant.
Year: 2010
Medium: Mixed Media
Size: 23cm x 23cm
‘The Great Escape’
Two found house flies which I collected from my house, mounted, named after 2 pilots in the film ‘The Great Escape’ with a quote from the group captain “Harass and confound the enemy wherever possible”- playing on the way we name and share/put human qualities onto pets- in tern we empathise with them.
Year: 2011
Medium: Mixed Media
Size: 14cm x 14cm
‘Entrapment’
Insects that have been drawn from the Collins wildlife dictionary that I have collected from my home (DOA), drawn on tracing paper and layered, framed in a box frame- represents how insects get entrapped in our light fittings
Year: 2011
Medium: Drawing, Sketching
Size: 23cm x 23cm
The fly that wanted to leave…
With this I have been looking into the way we inhabit a space and how the environments we exist in effect that of nature. We co-exist within a space, they get accidently contained, struggle to get free form the containers we live.
Year: 2010
Medium: Mixed Media
Size: 14cm x 14cm
Personification
Exhibiting my ‘Room to Rent’ piece and listening to peoples responses during the show, inspired me to put personalities to the insects of which i collected from around my living space.
Joanna Rose Tidey 