Jodie Pellish
September 30, 2009
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One angel conveniently turns her back towards her crushed sister, demurely playing the expected role to the same forces that could destroy her too.
People often identify the Earth as being feminine, in idea or sometimes in literal “flesh”. Take for example, the famous Gaia, or the many stories, such as the Hellenic origin myths, of the Earth represented literally or figuratively as a female goddess. What does it mean to identify the planet on which we live with [...]
Detail of ‘Childhood ‘memory station’ in Secret Museum of Mankind Installation
This piece was part of the installation Secret Museum Of Mankind where I created my own Natural History Museum, which included different ‘memory stations’: that represented my genetic past, childhood and future.
Once Upon is an installation that contemporizes fairy tales and myths. Its purpose is to ask the question, do we still believe in the mythical ideal woman? Is she a damsel in distress? A mythical creature? A witch? Is her purpose pleasing her husband and bearing children? The sculptures of women I created represent individual [...]
My performances, videos and sculptures create a world populated by a masked and costumed cast that re-interprets my own image in the form of popular cultural icons. My characters struggle with each other and the audience through activities that combine violence and overt sexuality with slapstick physical humor. I embody an ever-changing cast that includes [...]
‘AWICHA YARTIRI’ is a proposal for an on-site installation which highlights the parallels of Bolivian and Korean culture, which still respects indigenous traditions in a contemporary climate.
‘AWICHA YARTIRI’ layers images, colors and objects derived from my personal mythology and genetic memory against architectural models and objects appropriated from traditional Korean Mudang (shaman) Gut (ritual) “Spirit [...]
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I am interested in the process of creating identity and the ephemeral human nature that is constantly evolving and changing. My themes focus on the loss of and search for identity, the conflicts that occur when building a new identity, and conforming to social surroundings. The performance captured in my work is the result of [...]
***Images from the Vancouver performance available here.
My current work explores the nature and perception of women’s voices in public, especially in times of war and social upheaval. Anthropoetic Devolution (2009) documents through body, action, voice, poetry and objects–a range of emotions typically considered taboo to express publicly: i.e., fear, grief, self-hatred, rage, numbness. The acts [...]