Web
12 x 6.3 x 13.1cm, wood, thread, cotton & acrylic, 2021
Leanna Moran
The bedroom, a prominent feature throughout my work, was an intimately despotic space where themes of abandonment paralleled with childhood memories of an oppressive household environment. The cot is symbolic of the newborn, the innocent. Each spindle, a representation of time and experience growing and growing, each becoming more and more entangled with the previous thread. This exemplifies vulnerabilities and trepidation of such inner trappings, which take on different forms and embody the unreachable escape from childhood itself. A place where an uncertain, naïve child is metamorphosing into imminent adolescent awareness we are all products of past experience. Although attempts may be made to change who we are and how we approach adolescence, there is always the everpresent instilled childhood version of ourselves we cannot escape. Trapped, the childhood web affects us for the rest of our lives. To me this is so very powerful.
References of abandonment paralleled with memories of oppressive household environments, surrealistically delineate Moran’s dreamlike universe. With interpretations of the subconscious she teeters on the blurred edges of reality.
Moran’s bedroom scenes; simplistic in style with paradoxically complex narratives; often depict the act of sleeping, an escape where subconscious would influence her waking life.
The house represents a place where most poignant encounters occurred; a place where nobody truly knows, yet we are all familiar with.
