Heading 1
Container or music series
Look at me, I am not the enemy
Wellington 2019
Josephine Garcia Jowett
LOOK AT ME, I AM NOT THE ENEMY
I am an immigrant.
A home is a home - no one can replace your home.
I invite you to join me.
An interactive art installation about power against immigrants and people without homes. At borders around the world children are being separated from their parents and migrant families are being held in a large cages, driven away from their homes by conflict and disaster, and lured along by the prospects of a new life. In this new work the artist builds her own cage behind a golden door, and invites passers by to spend time in the space. Time and silence has a voice, and in this work the cage begins to speak about layers of involvement and responsibility for current global crises.
Josephine Garcia Jowett is a licenced naval architect and marine enginner, trained in University of Cebu, Philippines. She also has a Bachelor's in Visual Arts from Wellington Institute of Technology, and has been exhibiting in New Zealand since 1999. Projects are: Art installation the Dowse Museum of Art-The Home Fire community exhibitions 2001, Southern Cross Cuba Street Wellington 2010, Fire Sculpture Petone Winter Carnival Petone Foreshore 2011, The Peter Doig Marlborough Art Awards 2013 - group exhibitions.
Finalists 8 times in The World of Wearable Arts Award Show since 2002-2008, received a prize (commended-red section) in 2003, two garments exhibited Wow Car Museum Nelson 2002-2003 and 2003-2004, Re: fine Wow Inspired Nelson Arts the institute of Fine Arts Wellington-group exhibition 2007.
Fridge Gallery Weltic Wellington 2002, Public art Installations at St Peter Paul Ground Church Lower Hutt 1999, Petone Carnival Petone Foreshore 2010, Dowse art square Lower Hutt 2010, Odlins Gallery Lower Hutt, Kids Fest Children Workshop Lower Hutt 2012, Cardboard Home Workshop and Installation About Space Lower Hutt 2016, The Performance Arcade Waterfront Wellington 2016, SACRED: HOMELANDS FESTIVAL London 2016, Cardboard Home Workshop and Installation Auckland Arts Festival White Night Aoetea Square 2017, Common Ground Public Arts Festival Lower Hutt 2017,
Thanks to Jason and Stephanie.
Supported by Wellington City Council Public Art Fund
