Felicity Boath

– Exhibitions, Friday 13th November 2009, Saturday 14th November 2009

Felicity Boath graduated at Sydney College of the Arts in 2008 with a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Fine Arts) from the Sculpture Performance and Installation studio. She then went on to study Design (For Entertainment and Events) at the Enmore Design Centre. She has exhibited work in The Silverspoon Gallery, C-Space Gallery, SCA Galleries and The Enmore Design Centre Galleries, as well as working as a set and costume designer on productions including Louis Nowra’s Cosi (New Theatre), Ross Mueller’s No Man’s Island (Shaman Productions), and most recently, Hannah Bath’s Yes I Dig on Sundays, directed by Tanya Dickson .

The View Became the Reflection explores the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis of linguistic relativism through the phenomenal elements of the traditional architecture of the igloo. The use of the igloo, a structure designed directly in response to its surrounding environment, reflects the idea that language is constructed and developed in the same nature. The contrast of the use of dictionaries and thesauruses as a material to create a well-renowned architectural structure is used to represent the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis’ challenge of the idea of perfectly representing the world with language.