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Mixed Media

Mazlyn Ortiz

Does a child’s oblivion result in an adult’s ignorance?

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Mazlyn Ortiz found sanity within repetition whilst projecting the heavily layered issues surrounding the current climate onto her work. 

Ortiz used abstract forms and mark-making to display frustration and vulnerability. Casually approaching the techniques with a child-like sense of abandonment, stripping down to a layered narrative that is left to be found and picked up again by the viewer. 

The use and contrast of the ‘found object’ tries to communicate not only what it once was, but how it motivates one to act in a certain way. 

The random details and sense of disarray within the resulting structures brings something hauntingly familiar, whilst conveying the viruses' effect on society and the individuals within it.

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School of Design

Mixed Media

Mazlyn Ortiz is an artist investigating the state of denial and the power of fear within society, resulting in commentary that revolves around childhood. 

Ortiz’s work consists of found objects that are warped into a narrative using traditional textile techniques. The materials and process of manipulation explores how the innocence of childhood is the only place for true individuality. 

SHE GOES, “NO! YOU’RE ON DRUGS!”

I GO , "MOM, I'M OKAY, I'M JUST THINKING"

& SHE GOES, "NO! YOU'RE NOT THINKING YOU'RE ON DRUGS! NORMAL PEOPLE DON'T ACT THAT WAY"

I GO, "MOM, JUST GET ME A PEPSI, PLEASE? ALL I WANT'S A PEPSI"

& SHE WOULDN'T GIVE IT TO ME

ALL I WANTED WAS A PEPSI

JUST ONE PEPSI

& SHE WOULDN'T GIVE IT TO ME

JUST A PEPSI

Text: Institutionalized by Suicidal Tendencies

Materials: Found Textiles / Children's Clothing / Cotton Thread / Linen Thread / Wool Yarn / Metal / Stones / Repurposed Batting / Wood / Plastic / Ceramics

Techniques: Stitch Work / Mending / Quilting
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24 July 2020
14:30 (GMT + 0)

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