Object Therapy Work_

Fi has a photograph of her mother wearing the kimono in Canberra hospital, holding her just after her birth. Her mother died 12 years ago. It has hung in Fi’s wardrobe unused for eight years – the fabric is now nearly 40 years old and is too delicate to wear. Corr Blimey transformed the object from a functional item of clothing to a symbol of a generational relationship. They maintained the original quality of the fabric – no cutting or machine sewing was used in its transformation. The item, once something that enveloped Fi, is now an object she can embrace. The object remains, as it always has been, intimate and tactile.

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CREDITS_

Object Therapy was a Hotel Hotel project developed in collaboration with the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the Australian National University (ANU).

Curators: Guy Keulemans, Andy Marks, Niklavs Rubenis, Dan Honey
Project designers: Guy Keulemans, Andy Marks
Research investigators: Guy Keulemans, Andy Marks, Niklavs Rubenis
Photography: Lee Grant