The Semiotics of Adornment – 5 Thematic Variations

Status, Wealth, Power, Control, and Honour are signified and interpreted in this experimental sequence examining the cultural purposes, meaning, and perceptions of how “adornment” serves to elevate and differentiate within societal systems.

Elin Wallace Johnston (UK)
Elin is an award-winning Visual Artist in practice since 2010. Her practice is inter-disciplinary in basis with digital process at it’s core, including Video and Experimental Moving Image, 2D Digital Imaging, and 3D Sculptural Assemblage. Through her work she investigates aspects of collective and individual corporeal presence, impact upon place, conditions of self, and making visible resonances of shared cultural, industrial, and social memory. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and is held in a number of public collections including that of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.