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lessLIE
(Coast Salish)
Northwest Coast
2005
acrylic on canvas
24" x 24"
$ 1,300.00 CDN
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I have a mediational interest in the commonalities and differences between orality and literacy. When I look at literacy through the concentric circles of the pupils of my eyes, I like to ask questions about the transmission of knowledge through literacy and orality.
As a contemporary Coast Salish artist, I am intrigued by some of the ways in which western culture has begun to perpetuate literacy. With audio books, we can hEAR literacy.
with this website
the words
are tHERE
This circular Coast Salish design depicts four faces which share the same sacred, circular, middle mouth. The four faces forming a circle symbolize the cycle of each generation, while the middle mouth symbolizes the perpetuation of the oral tradition.
As the literate lessLIE, I am a contemporary Coast Salish artUS who is
attempting to join orality and literacy through the mediational medium of
Coast Salish art.
In Coast Salish traditions
wool was wealth
words were wealth
I am a contemporary Coast Salish artUS
who is attempting to weave with words
to create the TEXTiles
of the Coast Salish future.
When I conceived this design, I wanted to evoke the visual simplicity of a glyph or a logo (greek, "Logos," meaning "words" or "speech").
--lessLIE
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