24 Nov – 10 Dec 2023
Byron School of Art, Mullumbimby, NSW, Australia
Funny Mirrors
Life is a balance; delicate, teetering, vulnerable.
Reflecting upon the current epoch of the Anthropocene, my mind wanders ahead to a time after human extinction and I find a strange kind of comfort from picturing this future world where human suffering is done. As I imagine what it might look like I think about the human marks that will be left behind as a record of our existence.
I choose to work with pre-existing, often discarded objects and reclaimed materials. This is not only because I am intrigued by the intrinsic value and metaphor of the found object, but also it is a conscious attempt to reduce the environmental impact of my work.
Impossible as it may be to achieve; I do not want my creativity to be part of the planet’s destruction. In turn, my practice brings me to an understanding that the processes of creation and destruction are inextricably intertwined; melding into one and the same. For as we create we destroy what was before, and as we destroy we simply create new realities.
The body of work Funny Mirrors is intended to be a humorous, engaging, yet poignant look at the human experience, mortality and the inevitable extinction of the human race.
Installation view
Installation view (detail)
Found objects, concrete, steel
33 x 58.5 x 19.5 cm
Giclée print on Hakuho Select Awagami paper, reclaimed materials
65 x 34 x 40 cm
found objects, reclaimed materials, glass
139 x 67 x 32 cm
Reclaimed materials
218 x 95 x 36 cm
15.5 x 15.5 x 49.5 cm
Reclaimed materials
Reclaimed materials, timber, synthetic polymer paint
118 x 90 x 56 cm
found objects
53.5 x 62 x 4.5 cm
