Welcome to Jane Rainwater's Gold Project Blog. This blog features research and artwork that I am doing about the cultural, environmental, and sociological issues surrounding the metal gold. Click on the archives (It's below the "previous posts") to view ALL artwork and posts.If you respond with a question be sure to include your email address in the post or email me directly rainwaterdesign@comcast.net
Monday, August 14, 2006
Video Jewelry Box
This video jewelry box contains a short film entitled, "Golden Girl." The film has interviews I conducted with women from many different cultures discussing their gold traditions. Eastern Indian women discuss the importance gold plays in their weddings and with their children. A woman from Ghana talks about African royalty and their massive collections of gold. In fact, the King of the Ashanti tribe wears so much gold that he has to carried because the "gold is so heavy he cannot walk and must be carried from village to village on a pallinquin."
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