‘Bloodline’ is an attempt to resolve a split identity which confronts the confusion and dislocation of one caught between cultures and families, and separated by migration and death. In dealing with a mixed heritage of English, Scottish and Sri Lankan Burgher descent, objects of nostalgia within the context of the personal archive, and the family album are transformed into something more sinister. The original moment in time is obscured, and these memories become a means of dissecting past narratives and personal histories. Bloodline is the rumination of the obsessive collector, encapsulating the desire to inevitably grasp knowledge of the past.

 

Bloodline was exhibited at Gallery Eight from January 7 – January 27, 2011.