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# N O B L A N K B R A I N S
Artist Statement
Rennick's sculpture is a companion piece to his first Yogen Früz Brain
Project entry, further examining memory, home and nostalgia. The piece
consists of wood, found objects and acrylic painting to create a dimensional
village connected by stairs, antennae and clotheslines. This represents the
connectivity of memories, how they become entangled and how they can
also sometimes be mysterious and confusing. Our memories of home can
be both comforting and triggering, and are constantly evolving.
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The theme for my piece, Where is Home?, was a way
for me to reflect on the loss of "home." After my father's
diagnosis, his driver's license was permanently revoked.
My father also suffers from diabetes and our family home
in rural Ontario was simply not a place he could remain.
I grew up in that house and a lot of my artistic practice
and influence comes from time spent in the forest behind
my childhood home. This was an outlet for me to examine
some of those fleeting memories and arrange them in
fragments to make up a larger narrative.
