Faculty of Art

Cross-Disciplinary Art: Life Studies

Ashlynn Doljac

Loops of Origin: S(kin)dred

A mixed media sculpture and installation delving into the realms of intergenerational trauma, addiction, loss and memory all held and stored within the body.

“Bessel Van der Kolk wrote, The Body Keeps the Score, and I want to ask, who is winning? Loops of Origin: S(kin)dred is a multi-media installation that weaves together spoken word, sculpture, and light to create an immersive experience encapsulating memory, trauma, and addiction. The work is a test of the tribulating nature of navigating both loss & grief, while reflecting on experiences that haunt and loom both brain and body. I am curiously confronting the nature of intergenerational trauma, femineity, and the fragile tensions between addictions and bodily afflictions. The work is a comment on, and testament to the nature of trauma as a living entity, and translating the experience into visceral entanglement... ”