Oliver’s latest work is inspired by her time in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she’s been working for the past year. Feathers traditionally symbolize transcendence in African cultures, and have become a metaphor for the human ability to rise above earthly concerns. Here she uses them in a reworking of the Native-American/Indian idea of the dreamcatcher (used to trap bad dreams); a life-size figure levitates above a cloud of feathers to create a work that mixes the virtual and the real, the digital process with the handmade, the worldly and the fantastic.