Teresa Wilson 'Changelings' exhibition February 7, 2010

What? Art installation

Where? Chapman Gallery, University of Salford

Who for? Everyone

How much? Free

More info: http://www.arts.salford.ac.uk/

Traditionally defined as a faerie child substituted for a human child, the changeling appears in folklore and romantic poetry as a sinister and darkly humorous exploration of feelings of melancholy, isolation and fear.

This installation of macabre puppets, made from old rags and re-used materials and props, refers to mummification and the opposing processes of the natural decay of the body, thus hinting at another level of meaning for the word 'changeling' as suggestive of the ultimate change of the human body after death.

The viewer is invited to engage with an unsettling alternative reality, to create their own stories and to question our own death-denying culture.

Teresa Wilson graduated from the Salford Visual Arts degree programme in 2008. She is currently an AA2A resident artist at the University, based at the Allerton Studios.

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