y name is Sally Rees, I'm an artist from Tasmania, Australia, though I currently live just outside of Vancouver, BC, Canada. I work with video, audio, digital media and installation but I still draw and I'm also a painter and sculptor.

In the mid-19th century while on a tour of Italian architecture, the famed French author Stendahl found himself so overwhelmed by the beauty of what he was seeing that he slipped into a mysterious fugue state from which it took him days to recover.

Stendahls Syndrome was immortalised in the Dario Argento film of the same name. Being so overcome by beauty has a rather romantic appeal and seems a cool effect to aspire to as an artist. Dahlias are one of my favourite flowers. So there you are- STENDAHLIA.

This website will be a document of the work I'm doing.

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