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We begin with ourselves: artists, researchers, and teachers. We excavate our memories, seeking the landmarks of our stories of discovery. Material objects operate as talismans, stepping stones that guide us from concrete materiality into self-reflexive abstraction, windows for new ways of seeing.
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Tamar, M., Walt, T.V.D., Scott, L., Beer, C.D., Pithouse-Morgan, K. (2017). Shoes, Suitcases, Stones. In: Pillay, D., Pithouse-Morgan, K., Naicker, I. (eds) Object Medleys. New Research – New Voices. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-194-0_12
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