So Yoon Lym
The Dreamtime is inspired by aboriginal stories and creation
visions. Each braided pattern, worn by students, is a map of
the ancient universe, a topographical palimpsest of the world
in pattern: valleys, mountains, forests, oceans, rivers, streams.
The painter and the hair braider lay down their marks like their
predecessor creator beings, carving and inscribing; they create
and are in turn created by their labor. These braid patterns
are the language for the new aboriginal, the transplanted and
de-territorialized nomad.
The braid patterns both record journeys to the present and
represent cartographical longings; they are a stamp of entry into
a brave new world order, while simultaneously remembering
prehistory. In the age of GPS cell phones tracking movement
and satellite surveillance with biometric scanning recognition,
the modern-day aboriginal wears his location like an imagetext
on his head. Dreamtime is present-time for hair braiders
and aboriginal students. They are the weavers of patterns, who
recover the mythical past of the natural world and its creation
through the transmission of age-old signs and images.
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