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sitting still drawing #1

Paired GPS drawing and 15 minute looping video. These paired images offer complementary ways of thinking about stillness in the context of Fox Glacier and any attempt to represent it through mapping....

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LAND. HERE.

GPS trace from a 6.8km walk at the confluence of the Fox and Cook Rivers, South Westland, New Zealand. This piece explores the propositional nature of mapping; the assertion that “this is there”. As a...

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fare well tha’ nation

Readymade drawing from the head branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland. 250 x 200mm. Edition of 10. In Scotland each bank is responsible for printing its own money, a major point of difference with most...

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glacier tracer

Still frames taken from performance-to-camera piece. Charcoal and pen drawing on nylon, video projection. 23 minutes 20s produced with assistance from Jemma Nissen and the support of Kathy Waghorn....

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LAND. HERE. publication

This publication collects a number of works from my Wild Creations residency in Fox Glacier, including student works from the GPS drawing workshop that I offered. Though documenting mostly video...

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cloud sound

Daylight, lenses, weather sensors, software, sound and mixed media. Exhibited in the group show Cloudy Sensoria. Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Melbourne. October – December, 2012 This installation...

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breathing. space. no.1

Breathing. Space. is a collection of projects that are being developed to investigate a series of inter-related ideas: air, breath, vitality, pressure, interiority, ambience and atmosphere. Over the...

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breathing. space. no.2

Sunlight, passive ventilation system, space blanket, magnets. 1 minute. A lightweight blanket made of polyurethane film with a thin coating of aluminium is draped over the fresh air outlet of a...

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breathing. space. no.3: bubbleology

I met for an intense and stimulating conversation with Andrew Suttar, a self-proclaimed “bubbleologist,” which ranged across ideas of feedback systems, human development, economics, Frei Otto, Joseph...

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breathing. space. no.4: PPPPP collaboration

I have been invited to take part in this live creative research performance, organised by the PPPPP Group. Over a one-hour period, a group of invited individuals will collaborate without speaking, but...

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breathing. space. no.5: relational t-shirts

Proposal for three t-shirt designs. Three quotes which have strong parallels in the way they state the relations between self and world. Text is printed across the chest, as a statement of identity, a...

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breathing. space. no.6: trying to be clear about vagueness

Helium balloon, string, zip -lock bag, a heap of grains of sand. This project explores the relationship between levity and gravity through very simple means. Philosophical readings on vagueness...

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breathing. space. no.7: bubble drawings

Drawing ink and breath on paper. A series of drawings which are built up by exhaling into an ink solution, creating a permanent trace of an otherwise ephemeral activity. Thanks to Emily McRae for the...

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building movements #1 (stairs)

Timber framed structure and mixed media. 6.4 x 3.7 x 2.5m with Scott Andrew Elliott, Olivia Pintos Lopez and Katherine Brown, Daniel Vito Colaneri, Leanne Failla, Stephanie Gleeson, Frances Gordon, Ben...

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building movements #2 (box)

Perforated metal sheet, aluminium angle and mixed media. 2.5 x 2.0 x 2.4m with Scott Andrew Elliott, Olivia Pintos Lopez and Katherine Brown, Daniel Vito Colaneri, Leanne Failla, Stephanie Gleeson,...

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building movements #3 (bubble)

Polythene sheets, fan. 4.2 x 1.8 x 2.4m with Scott Andrew Elliott, Olivia Pintos Lopez and Katherine Brown, Daniel Vito Colaneri, Leanne Failla, Stephanie Gleeson, Frances Gordon, Ben Warren, Freya...

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building movements #4 (strips)

4200 strips of magnetic tape. 1.9 x 1.6 x 2.4m with Scott Andrew Elliott, Olivia Pintos Lopez and Katherine Brown, Daniel Vito Colaneri, Leanne Failla, Stephanie Gleeson, Frances Gordon, Ben Warren,...

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breathing. space. no. 8: winter breath

First attempts at recording clouds of breath in the cold, dry winter air. Thanks to Nic for taking the photos.

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breathing. space. no. 9: lift lecture

I gave a 30 minute lecture, “Air–Atmospheres–Breath–Affects,” in a public elevator at the RMIT Design Hub to a group of ten students. The lift space moved up and down according to the demands of other...

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breath clouds

Electronics, software, air and breath. Visualisation programming by Jeff Hannam. Exhibited in the group show THISNESS. BUS Projects, Melbourne. April 9 – 26, 2014 Inspired by the experience of...

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