EXHIBITIONS
ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS
Limited Edition of 10
841 mm x 1189 mm (unframed)
Limited Edition of 10
841 mm x 1189 mm (unframed)
Rock, Paper, Scissors is a work that takes its name from one of the oldest hand games in the world. A simultaneous, zero-sum game, it has three possible outcomes: a draw, a win or a loss. In game theory, a zero-sum game is a mathematical representation of a situation involving at least two sides. The result is an advantage for one side and an equivalent loss for the other. The game theory tree diagram pattern is etched into the work, representing the three outcomes of play. The zero-sum game represented in this work is an attempt to undo the pervasive conceptions of temporality that take progress as inevitable and, ultimately, a zero-sum game between nature and humans. The action of cutting attempts to orchestrate space and movement into this rule-bound game, asking viewers to attune to the intricacies of our entanglement with human, nonhuman and elemental forces. The cutting of the paper also deliberately deconstructs the physical and conceptual boundaries between sculpture and photography, suggesting new associations and narratives.
FATHOM
Photographic Prints
Single Edition
Photographic Prints
Single Edition
FATHOM, n.
THE LENGTH COVERED BY OUTSTRETCHED ARMS, INCLUDING THE HANDS - FROM THE TIP OF THE LONGEST FINGER...
DEPTHS. LITERAL AND FIGURATIVE...
A BREADTH OF COMPREHENSION...
A GRASP OF INTELLECT... AN INTIMATE MEASURE.
FATHOM is a series of works, drawing on the etymology of the term, as an intimate measure - 1.8m or 6 feet. A fathom marks the depth of water and the breadth of an embrace, affectionately linking sailors and fisherman to their loved ones on shore. This connection between place and people adds meaning to data: corporeal and environmental, figurative and literal, human and non-human.
Employing the open source AI text to image generator, S2ML, this series has been crafted using raw footage drawn from the NSW coasts of Yamba (Bundjalung, Gumbaynggirr, and Yaegl Country) and Coffs Harbour (Gumbaynggirr Country). Capturing the shifting tides, these films operate as a way of understanding proximity from shore - the ebb and flow of the currents.
The use of AI to complement and expand creative practice is an emerging field ideally suited to filtering data, such as imagery and the tidal datum. FATHOM emerged from tide data, raw tidal change footage, images from opensource repositories (wikiart, Flickr, imageart) and text prompts, including high to low tide, tides, tuning, fathom, ocean, depth, coast, sea, reflection. Over 3,000 iterations were then processed using TouchDesigner, then projected and filtered through a smoke screen to create a collection of high resolution photographic works.
Artists: Jo McCallum, Caroline Austin, 2022
THE LENGTH COVERED BY OUTSTRETCHED ARMS, INCLUDING THE HANDS - FROM THE TIP OF THE LONGEST FINGER...
DEPTHS. LITERAL AND FIGURATIVE...
A BREADTH OF COMPREHENSION...
A GRASP OF INTELLECT... AN INTIMATE MEASURE.
FATHOM is a series of works, drawing on the etymology of the term, as an intimate measure - 1.8m or 6 feet. A fathom marks the depth of water and the breadth of an embrace, affectionately linking sailors and fisherman to their loved ones on shore. This connection between place and people adds meaning to data: corporeal and environmental, figurative and literal, human and non-human.
Employing the open source AI text to image generator, S2ML, this series has been crafted using raw footage drawn from the NSW coasts of Yamba (Bundjalung, Gumbaynggirr, and Yaegl Country) and Coffs Harbour (Gumbaynggirr Country). Capturing the shifting tides, these films operate as a way of understanding proximity from shore - the ebb and flow of the currents.
The use of AI to complement and expand creative practice is an emerging field ideally suited to filtering data, such as imagery and the tidal datum. FATHOM emerged from tide data, raw tidal change footage, images from opensource repositories (wikiart, Flickr, imageart) and text prompts, including high to low tide, tides, tuning, fathom, ocean, depth, coast, sea, reflection. Over 3,000 iterations were then processed using TouchDesigner, then projected and filtered through a smoke screen to create a collection of high resolution photographic works.
Artists: Jo McCallum, Caroline Austin, 2022
PATTERN RECOGNITION
Exhibited for UnConnected Yet
Pigment print mounted on dibond
42 x 59.4 cm
Limited Edition of 10
Exhibited for UnConnected Yet
Pigment print mounted on dibond
42 x 59.4 cm
Limited Edition of 10
A new series considering how the lists we make could possibly act as subtle,
early indicators of emerging trends or changes for the future.
The works in this series engage with the collected lists from the series Infinity of Lists and restructure them, inviting the viewer to contemplate emerging trends that lists suggest. Works include:
The works in this series engage with the collected lists from the series Infinity of Lists and restructure them, inviting the viewer to contemplate emerging trends that lists suggest. Works include:
- The Great Beyond? Chicken, Fish, Prawns? Oysters?
- List for Apocalypse
- Basic Facts for the Solar System
- Basic Facts for the Body
- Rank of Hands
- Life Admin
- Medications
- Chinese Bands
- Affirmations
15 PREFIXES
Exhibited 2021
Landing, Side Gallery
300 mm x 300 mm x 300 mm
Exhibited 2021
Landing, Side Gallery
300 mm x 300 mm x 300 mm
15 prefixes is a work that takes fifteen words from conversations and
media starting from 2020. It uses
punctuation to alter their meaning to demonstrate what Karen Barad calls the cutting
together, apart, offering what might be new constellations of thought.
