Assemblage Five: Becoming-Otherwise: Re-imagining the Self/Selves

Case Study No 1. Bear-Witness Case Study No 2. Material Inscriptions - Temporal Traces Case Study No 3. Becoming-Bear Case Study No 4. Bear Adventures Case Study No 5. Becoming-Otherwise This Assemblage section contains several phases of work that connect to my childhood teddy-bear. I begin to experiment with the soft yellow knitted fur-skin or surface of 'Bear' imprinting its texture onto my own skin. As a childhood symbol of stability and comfort, the journey of 'Bear' is traced from inception when created by my Grandma Flora, to being inscribed, replicated, and re-made onto my own skin. This performative work turns my teddy-bear into a patchwork knitted costume, which I then 'inhabit'. This new 'fur-skin' becomes a soft, wearable, sculptural form. The photographic images move between portraiture and object study, giving these handmade forms a playful while surreal presence.