“Vruwink’s work often questions stereotypical women’s work and gender norms. Here, her lovingly hand-crocheted letters add a layer of warmth to the cold, slick material associated with a male-denominated industry.
Lyrics like Andy Gibb's plea for love and connection, I just want to be your everything, George Michael's painful realization that there is no comfort in the truth, or The Church's introspective search for meaning, I wish I knew what I was looking for, invite a journey through a sonic landscape of love, longing, and memory prompting reflection on how music influences both our collective experience and sense of personal identity.
Curator Jennifer Gately
Installation at Dake Wilson Architects Art Space
December 2023-February 2024
Perversely obsessive, I desire to produce works of visual delight redolent of fantastic, even grotesque romanticism steeped in nostalgia for the innocence of adolescence.
Through the employment of humble, nearly obsolete materials and means, I examine the impermanence and temporal nature of our society paced by technological advances resulting in the disconnection of people and the ensuing loneliness of modern urban life.
The repetitive act of crocheting and other means of creation provides symmetry and order to the chaotic state of modern life and a sense of stillness amidst the disorder.
-nicola
