Sound of the Void
screen print,  790 x 1070mm 300gsm Hahnemühle
2017



Sound of the void, materialises aural vibration through a 3D screen printing technique, that is combined with the resonating (live) sound that created the visual data. The work explores sound and image simultaneously, drawing connections between somatic (body) and psychic (mind) together.

Exploring and documenting the metaphysical through an artistic dialogue that intersects science and physics brings an investigative approach to an otherwise ethereal subject matter. Opposite worlds connect through disparity, and the supernatural sits alongside science; the unseen and the physical.

Just as sound and space artist, Bernhard Leitner explores the body as perceiving sound rather than just the ears, Sound of the Void, explores a similar notion. The physical body communicates through non-visual systems as vibrating fields are perceived as sound but also stand for deeper meanings with their formal symbolic and geometric structures. As Carl Jung describes, the circle is a symbol of the self. “It expresses the totality of the psyche in all it’s aspects including the relationship between man and the whole of nature”. The looping soundscape, like vibrations themselves, hold no boundaries but travel on a flux of spiraling repetition. Sound connects strongly to the visual universe yet holds it’s own sense of mass. Materialising the invisible becomes a dialogue for what we cannot see.

Ecosystem
brass, dirt, rock, seawater and charcoal
2019




Ecosystem, holds raw elements from nature on brass platforms in an assemblage of dependant structural and convergent brass lines. The form explores the idea of material and immaterial connection within nature, as well as the fragility and weight of its supporting network.

The rhythmic movement and exchange between the linear brass and organic substance relate to our individual connection to nature and our place within it. Natural materials are borrowed from the land (Gadigal/Sydney) and presented in partnership with a refined metal, giving significance to their meaning and worth as well as accentuating a contrast between what we consider to be precious and how we measure value.

From My Mouth
Into Your Lungs

silk, thread, airbrushed acrylic
Varied dimensions
2021




         
From My Mouth Into Your Lungs materialises a gesture of breath. Amorphous layers of airbrushed silk are suspended above the ground—between aliveness and lifelessness—drawing on the intimacy and entanglement of air.

This invisible substance floating between us is exchanged between organisms and humans in a reciprocal cycle that provides the means to survival. Both grounded and 'heavenly', the focus of breath draws us into our body while the air escapes and carries our words and substance across landscapes and into the ether, reminding us of the endless and expansive ways we are connected. A rich medium rather than empty space, the air provokes a wide scope for seeing as these sensuous qualities become perceptible.

Using air as a medium, soft airbrushed colour is caught on the surface of luminescent white silk. Hushed words that reference bodily, vegetal and bacterial elements fall across the layers and dissolve into space. Transparent panels are stitched together creating unity - a lightness as well as draped density. The fabric folds, seamlines, and markings show the interior of a corporeal shape, taking up space
and disrupting the forgetting of the invisible
medium of air.