CLARE PHELAN

(b. 1961 Leicester, UK)

Clare Phelan is a printmaker who has developed an interest in collecting and reworking mass produced, redundant artefacts. In her current practice she work directly with old coding technology ephemera such as textile jacquards, music box discs and IBM punch cards. She explores these artefacts as carriers of narrative, that reveal traces of their function and a memory of the people who made and used them. The traditional printmaking processes she employs echo the labour inherent in the making of these materials, while the binary language of the machine dances through her work as a signifier of our digital age.

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