Vessel is the exhibition outcome of a Master of Contemporary Art research inquiry into states of consciousness associated with love, such as in connection with natural environments, spiritual experience, love between beings, and self-love. These works explore the possibility of encountering such experiences in cultural environments through materiality, light, and movement. As in Luce Irigaray’s ideas on self as intrinsically relational, and Byung-Chul Han’s discussion on revitalizing vita contemplativa, these works seek to cultivate a contemplative space of sensory perception and play, that refers to an expanded notion of self.
Oculus, 2023
Acrylic, mirror film and stainless steel 250 x 211.5 x 85cm In collaboration with psychological scientist Rebekah Street Seed Project for Melbourne Monash Consciousness Research Acrylic donated by Jeph Neale. Production assistance by Jeph Neale
Breath IIII, 2024
Silk and beeswax, 4.3 x 1.3m each Beeswax donated by Native Bee Candles Production assistance by Leyla Moxham and Hamish Tobias
