Left Wing Project: Wing 10

b. 1962, 1965, the Philippines; based in Brisbane

Left Wing Project is a series of works that examine the complex socio-political struggles that contemporary agrarian societies face across Asia. Made from numerous hand-forged sickles sourced from Yogyakarta, Indonesia, and fashioned into the shape of a left angel wing, the work references the history of Yogyakarta and its disenfranchised blacksmith communities. The artists' poetic critique of economic globalism manifests in the play and tension between material weight and visual lightness.