In these recent works I am endeavoring to make propositions
which reference our experience of Hyperobjects (http://contemporarycondition.blogspot.com.au/2010/03/hyperobjects-and-end-of-common-sense.html
) a term introduced by Timothy Morton to describe things that are temporally and materially so vast
that they are almost impossible to represent and contemplate. )
Hyperobject: collective care
The drawing calls on the knowledge of the ritual of making a
line at the height of a child on a wall, paper chart or doorway each year. To
me, drawing the line at the height of a person’s head is not simply a metric of
growth.
The drawing of this line implies care and bestows
significance on the person’s existence. By reenacting this gesture of marking
height in public and including people of all age groups I see this drawing as a
gesture of collective care.
150 x 170 cm white conte on black fabrioano paper and mixed
media
Hyperobject: Myhomeland, proposes a way to ponder belonging and
dwelling.
The use of the direct laser beam and the hologram reference
current military use of holographic maps, which integrate LiDAR (laser) light
detection and ranging data, for homeland security.
The computer generated hologram drawing was made by tracing
marks along my lifeline, once for each year of my life and shaping them into a
dwelling thereby proposing that one’s place of belonging is emergent… that it
comes into existence as it is needed.
121 x 65 x40 cm HeNe laser, computer generated hologram CGH
and mixed media
Acknowledgements:
The haptic drawing and computer generated hologram research is
supported under Australian Research Council's Discovery Projects funding
scheme (DP1094613).
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