Lada Dedić is a maker from Australia; a slow art practitioner who utilises the intricate, almost surgical process of repetitive stitching which documents the passage of time while she explores themes of neuroanthropology, meditative contemplation and the interplay of science and art.

She is best known for her series titled Self Portrait; Artist’s Brain, a collection of hand-stitched images of her own brain. Lada will use her time as an Open Residency Artist at Rimbun Dahan to develop new work while contemplating gut/brain-biochemistry and its relationship with psycho-pathology, furthering her recent examination of neuro-anatomy.

Her ritualistic practice takes time, it is meditative, methodical and rhythmic which supports an ongoing investigation of the brain/mind conundrum through an act of discipline which requires the maker to remain in the moment while performing a feat of endurance where every stitch is purposeful and calculated. Also, she just really likes brains…

Check out her website and Instagram for more of her info and works. You can also read a journal article about Lada in The Lancet Neurology.