Embracing the unknown

Jamfactory Wednesday Talk

 
Negative Capability.... when a man is capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason
— John Keats
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Build Up, 2014
(Volcano) velveteen, poly-fill wadding, calico, steel, tent-poles, felt and sequins, 163 x 520 x 520cm
(House) painted plywood, mdf and steel, dollhouse lights, 130 x 30 x 40cm
Installation view at CACSA Project Space

White White (Summer and Winter Solstice), 2017
neon light with electrical components, 70 x 100cm

One: All That We Can See, 2017
neon light with 95% painted black, electrical components, 40 x 40cm

One: All That We Can See, 2022
steel, polycarbonate, LED lighting
Lot Fourteen, North Terrace, Adelaide
4.2 metres diameter

Hora Somni: for Vera Rubin, 2017
Cast black concrete with Papaver Somniferum seeds, 10 x 35 x 70cm

Milky Way, 2018
Papaver Somniferum seeds in organza, 250 x 425cm

 
 
 
 

Fountain, 2019

PVC pipe, electrical components, water, melatonin, botanical oils, mist, dimensions variable
Installation view Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney

 
 
 

Turns, Protracted, and Slow

GAGPROJECTS
1 November to 1 December

 
 

White White (Vertical Relief), 2023
neon light with electical components, 88 x 9 x 11cm

Candela I, II, and III, 2023
neon light with electrical components, dimensions variable

 

Milky Way (Grid I), 2023

Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum) seeds (collected 2018-21), silk organza, fibreglass rod
140 x 139 x 1cm