Blood Sisters

Background: Blood Sisters forms part of my ongoing investigations into historical and contemporary figurations of the female lycanthrope through the printmaking medium, specifically reduction linocut. Imagery is drawn Blood Sisters the Ginger Snaps film trilogy (2000 - 2002), in which werewolfism is employed as a metaphor for coming of age and the transgressive feminine. A key motif in the first film is female menstruation and its parallels with the werewolf's lunar cycle, a recent development in werewolf iconography notable for its feminisation of the motif. Blood Sisters sits within not only expanded notions of female lycanthropy, but also within broader technical and conceptual understandings of the linocut medium. Contribution: By incorporating references from all three films, Blood Sisters engages with a broad spectrum of transgressive femininity, from female sexual identity, body image/addiction, and the witch stereotype. The linocut medium enables a fusion of historical and contemporary references within a single image. Significance: Blood Sisters has been shortlisted for the 2017 Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award, one of Australia's longest standing and most prestigious awards for the printmaking medium. Finalists are exhibited in an approved venue for the purposes of research reporting, having been judged by a panel of respected industry professionals from around Australia. As such, being short-listed for the award The work was also included in my solo exhibition Blood Moon, at the Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, at the invitation of the Stranger With My Face International Film Festival, dedicated to showcasing women within the horror genre. The unusual decision by the festival director to include a visual arts component within a film festival testifies to the capacity of my imagery to transcend mediums within, and contribute to, broader discussions of female otherness.

背景：《Blood Sisters》是本人持续开展的系列研究之一，该研究以版画创作媒介（printmaking medium），具体为减版油毡版画（reduction linocut），探讨女性狼人（female lycanthrope）的历史与当代形象塑造。
作品视觉素材取自《变种女狼》（Ginger Snaps）三部曲（2000-2002），片中以狼人设定（werewolfism）作为青少年成长与越界女性气质的隐喻。首部影片的核心意象为女性月经，及其与狼人月相周期的呼应关系——这是狼人形象谱系中近期出现的新发展，其将该母题进行了女性主义转译。《Blood Sisters》不仅拓展了女性狼人主题的内涵，同时也契合了油毡版画媒介在技术与概念层面的多元理解。
创作贡献：通过吸纳三部曲中的所有相关元素，《Blood Sisters》涵盖了越界女性气质的广泛维度，包括女性性身份、身体意象/成瘾行为，以及女巫刻板印象。油毡版画媒介能够将历史与当代参考元素融合于单一画面之中。
作品意义：《Blood Sisters》入围2017年弗里曼特尔艺术中心版画奖（Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award）——该奖项是澳大利亚历史最悠久、最具权威性的版画类奖项之一。入围作品将在指定场馆展出，用于研究展示，并由来自澳大利亚各地的资深行业专家组成评审团进行评选。此外，该作品还应《面带陌生人》（Stranger With My Face）国际电影节之邀，入选本人于霍巴特萨拉曼卡艺术中心举办的个展《Blood Moon》。该电影节以展映女性恐怖题材作品为宗旨，其策展方破例在电影节中纳入视觉艺术单元，这正印证了本人的作品能够跨越媒介边界，为女性他者性的广泛讨论贡献力量。