Segmentation

This artwork was part of the online exhibition 'Magellan's Voyage of Discovery' by Liverpool Book Art

Segmentation .1.

The sections are bound into several book-forms representing divisions created by historical imperialistic and contemporary economic attitudes to the earth and the natural world.

Segmentation .2.

The spherical sewn sections are bound with the chemical structures of the essential oils of cloves and other spices and plants; the natural resources that fuelled Magellan’s ambition.

Segmentation .3.

360 leaves are used to represent the mathematical degrees of the globe.

Segmentation .4.

Red stitching binds the arched sections and is a variation of sailors stitch which was used to prepare mariners’ hammocks for a burial at sea. This considers the human cost of the journey and global trade through history.

Liverpool Book Art 2022

Magellan’s circumnavigation of the earth was driven by religious, commercial and personal interests. This journey and its discoveries contributed to the transition from archaic globalisation to our contemporary globalised world. Resources, human and material, from across the planet have fuelled and assisted these economic, technological and creative developments. From imperialism to digital dominance the structure, materials and binding of ‘Segmentation’ portray the complex attitudes that civilisation has towards the world’s natural and human resources.

Segmentation This artwork was part of the online exhibition 'Magellan's Voyage of Discovery' by Liverpool Book Art

Segmentation

This artwork was part of the online exhibition 'Magellan's Voyage of Discovery' by Liverpool Book Art