Heart of Darkness

Ikat 230 X 95cm 1995
handwoven cotton ikat, beads, string, cowrie shells, natural dyes.  Edition of 2
Weavers: Umbu Augustinus Tonga Retang, Rambu Monika Uru Emu.,
Kalu village, Sumba, Indonesia.

Heart of Darkness borrows motifs from Africa, India and Indonesia (from Paminggir and Nggada peoples) . There are animals run over by machines, a severed hand and Dutch lions holding up a television set in place of a crown. Despite the pretence of contemporary culture to be otherwise it remains animist but with a technological fetishism.