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“And I'll dance with you in Vienna,
I'll be wearing a river's disguise.
The hyacinth wild on my shoulder
my mouth on the dew of your thighs.
And I'll bury my soul in a scrapbook,
with the photographs there and the moss.
And I'll yield to the flood of your beauty,
my cheap violin and my cross.”
Leonard Cohen, Stranger Songs
"Twin Flowers"
This work pays particular attention to the act of memorial - the laying of flowers at the site of the victim's passing. Each flower (North Flower and South Flower) are placed at opposite walls of the gallery in reference to the location and layout of the Towers as they once were, giving the viewer opportunity to imagine himself with the towering structures on either side of him as he contemplates events both before, during and after the tragedy.
For me, memorial is elucidated by spiritual and emotional conditions, the essence of which is light and heat.
Memorial is the entity of a collective spirit that I sense exists between the trees and grasses of my local park, Wimbledon Common, London.
Memorial belongs to and is experienced by all that use this park. It is wholly heartfelt and gives purpose to solitary walks.
I search for the residue of memorial in parks, junk shops, roadsides.
I return to the park recurrently to experience it's wake.
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Victoria Haviland is a graduate of the University of the Arts, London (UAL) with a BA and MA in fine art (2012).
She has responded to the 9/11 attack as part of a project that investigates memorial.
She works as a mixed media artist from her home in Wimbledon London and is available for commissions.
Some examples of her work can be viewed online at v.haviland.carbonmade.com.
CURRICULUM VITAE
HND, Fine Art, West Kent College, 2009
BA Hons, Fine Art Sculpture, Wimbledon College of Art, (UAL), 2011
MA Fine Art Diploma, Wimbledon College of Art, (UAL) 2012
Exhibitions:
‘Telling Stories’, group show, Kaliedescope Gallery, Kent, 2014
‘Womens Work’, group show, London Projects Inc, 2014
'Best of British', group show, The Sacred Gallery, St John's Church, Holland Park, 2012
Wimbledon College of Art, MA degree show 2012
‘Wunderkammer’, group show, The Nunnery – Bow Arts Trust, 2012
‘Capsticks’, group show, Capsticks Solicitors, 2011
‘Expansive Mood’, Mansion House, City, group show curated by Sarah Woodfine and Paul Ryan, 2011
‘Flock’, GX Gallery London, graduate group show, 2011
‘Number One’, Curious Duke Gallery, London, graduate group show, 2011
Wimbledon College of Art, degree show, 2011
‘What the Folks Say’, Compton Verney Museum, Warwickshire, 2011
‘Double the Vision My Eyes Do See’, group show curated by Soriah Rodrigez of Zoo Art Fair, WCA, 2011
‘Nooks and Crannies’, Timber Yard, Hammersmith, group show, 2011
‘Pilot’, group show, WCA, curated by Tania Kovats, 2011
‘Out of Bounds’, group show, Camden Arts Centre, curated by William Cobbing, 2010
‘Foyer’, group show, curated by Sarah Woodfine, WCA 2009
‘Immersion’, group show, WCA, 2009