Textiles

I'LL LET YOU DO ANYTHING TO ME

This unbound book is made from linen and is weighted and filled with a combination of rice and polyester fill. In a gallery setting, the public or audience is invited to re-arrange the book's pages as they wish. Each page can stand vertically on... More

Textiles

SOFT SCULPTURES

These sculptures represent different parts of the body. Audience members are invited to re-arrange them as they see fit. The works discuss body dysmorphia and loss of control over the body.

Textiles

THE ARCHIVE (PILED)

THE ARCHIVE (PILED) is a conceptual piece made from scraps of fabrics saved over the past five years. While reading “The Body Archive” by Julietta Singh, I asked myself repeatedly, “But what if you hate the archive?” The archive doesn’t know... More

Textiles

TIME AND MEMORY ARE FRAGILE

Thinking about time, memory and how trauma can distort how we think about events; this book is held together by a thread. The audience has agency over the order of how the images are presented.

Textiles

WALK ALL OVER ME

This floor piece is intended to be walked on by viewers. This is done so by being placed in the middle of a gallery space. All of the fabrics used in this work are archived screenprints that feature images from a previous relationship. In order to... More

Textiles

WE ARE MY MOST FAVOURITE DISASTER

WE ARE MY MOST FAVOURITE DISASTER' features frayed edges, loose threads, ripped linen that reach the floor. This book is a physical or material exploration of memory and palimpsest through the lens of sexual trauma.

Textiles

YOU LIFT ME UP (HE UPLIFTS ME)

This vertical book forces the audience to lift the pages with both arms. To read the entire book, the viewer's arms will (most likely) become sore from having them up-reached for so long. Each page is double-sided and follows a narrative around... More

Work by

Olivia Mae Sinclair

Textiles

“Typically, books made from fabric are intended for infants, as a safe space to learn to read. However, my books are made for lovers, survivors, artists, her, him, them and me. The primary focus of my...” [More]

Artwork Collection

Soft, Sloppy, Stories

I'LL LET YOU DO ANYTHING TO ME

This unbound book is made from linen and is weighted and filled with a combination of rice and polyester fill. In a gallery setting, the public or audience is invited to re-arrange the book's pages as they wish. Each page can stand vertically on... More

SOFT SCULPTURES

These sculptures represent different parts of the body. Audience members are invited to re-arrange them as they see fit. The works discuss body dysmorphia and loss of control over the body.

THE ARCHIVE (PILED)

THE ARCHIVE (PILED) is a conceptual piece made from scraps of fabrics saved over the past five years. While reading “The Body Archive” by Julietta Singh, I asked myself repeatedly, “But what if you hate the archive?” The archive doesn’t know... More

TIME AND MEMORY ARE FRAGILE

Thinking about time, memory and how trauma can distort how we think about events; this book is held together by a thread. The audience has agency over the order of how the images are presented.

WALK ALL OVER ME

This floor piece is intended to be walked on by viewers. This is done so by being placed in the middle of a gallery space. All of the fabrics used in this work are archived screenprints that feature images from a previous relationship. In order to... More

WE ARE MY MOST FAVOURITE DISASTER

WE ARE MY MOST FAVOURITE DISASTER' features frayed edges, loose threads, ripped linen that reach the floor. This book is a physical or material exploration of memory and palimpsest through the lens of sexual trauma.

YOU LIFT ME UP (HE UPLIFTS ME)

This vertical book forces the audience to lift the pages with both arms. To read the entire book, the viewer's arms will (most likely) become sore from having them up-reached for so long. Each page is double-sided and follows a narrative around... More

Work by

Olivia Mae Sinclair

“Typically, books made from fabric are intended for infants, as a safe space to learn to read. However, my books are made for lovers, survivors, artists, her, him, them and me. The primary focus of my...” [More]