Anna Farago

www.annafarago.com

Anna Farago is an artist and educator living on Wurundjeri Country in Naarm/Melbourne. Frequently collaborating with fellow artists and local communities, Farago’s investigations are animated by feminist art histories, craft traditions, the intergenerational transmission of knowledge and experience of place.

Woven into the fold

Collaboration between Anna Farago and Nusra Latif Qureshi

Fundamentally, the work evolved from talking about sharing of materials - from scraps of fabric to finished sewn pieces and printed images on velvet. We talked about reuse of remnant clothing, memory and care, particularly in relation to our families, mothers and children. Layering of conversations lead to the layering of fabric; combinations of colours that were reminiscent of times past emerged as the palette for the work.

We met through our children, and as artist mothers we have found common ground, companionship, and support. We talk and make together, skill share, discuss books, intercultural and intergenerational, life cycles, and challenges. These and more personal events are embodied and woven into the fold of the work.