research blog
Ongoing research and musings on various projects
adding to this list for my next project
Avoid Reduce Reuse Regift Rejig Repair Repurpose Recycle Respect Replenish Refuse.
Antennae issue on art, environment and sustainability
who wants to do this? An issue on art, environment and sustainability
“At the forefront of today’s social issues are questions related to the human relationship to nature and the environment, the meaning of a sustainable future and the relationship of environmentalism to modernity and today’s economic structures. While the sciences have, until recently, dominated the debate, the arts are making an increasingly important contribution. Antennae is seeking submissions to an issue focused on Art, Environment, Sustainability. We are seeking contributions that go further than being a mere rehashing of the narrative of environmental activism (the human as destroyer of nature; the dangers of climate change; extinction of species; etc, etc.) to address more fundamental meanings, explore ambiguities and engage with the complex societal questions that arise from the environmental and sustainability debate – and the role of the arts in that debate. We encourage potential contributors to be bold and creative in generating and exploring perspectives that move beyond the apocalyptic and often “preachy” culture of modern environmentalism.”
Academic essays = length 6000-10000 words
Artists’ portfolio = 5/6 images along with 500 words max statement/commentary
Interviews = maximum length 8000 words
Fiction = maximum length 8000 words
www.antennae.org.uk – antennaeproject [at] gmail [dot] com
early shots from fast|slow|complex
These are some early shots from the installations. More documentation next week.
fast|slow|complex by Perdita Phillips at Spectrum project space, Edith Cowan University Mount Lawley Campus, 19 February to 1 March 2013
Artist’s talks Saturday 23 February 2:30pm and Wednesday 27 February 11:00am
Tuesday to Friday 10:00am to 6:00pm
Saturday 23 February 12:00pm to 5:00 pm
Please join us for the exhibition’s concluding event on Thursday 28 February at 5:00 to 8:00pm
fast|slow|complex by Perdita Phillips presents a rigorous body of work from this distinctive Western Australian artist. The exhibition combines investigations into themes of waste and wastelands, with explorations of disaster and transformation born from post-disaster environments.
The works showcase the artist’s agility in a diverse range of media, including drawing, video and sculpture. fast|slow|complex marks a crystallisation of Phillips’ practice of examining the parallels and complexities within the living world, with a new reflective focus on recuperative socioecological strategies for the future. The artworks contain oblique suggestions of hope in an ‘unruly’ world of complexity and flux. Burdens are lightened and wastefulness is replaced by elegant and thrifty recuperative strategies.
spectrum project space
http://sca.edu.ecu.au/projects/spectrum
Building 3 Room 3.191
Edith Cowan University
Mount Lawley Campus WA 6050
For bus services see https://www.ecu.edu.au/about-ecu/getting-to-ecu/getting-to-mount-lawley-campus and http://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/. Parking free on Saturday 23rd.
fast | slow | complex exhibition opening
You are invited to fast|slow|complex at Spectrum project space 19 February to 1 March 2013
fast|slow|complex> by Perdita Phillips presents an rigorous body of work from this distinctive Western Australian artist. The exhibition combines investigations into themes of waste and wastelands, with explorations of disaster and transformation born from post-disaster environments.The works showcase the artist’s agility in a diverse range of media, including drawing, video and sculpture. fast|slow|complex marks a crystallisation of Phillips’ practice of examining the parallels and complexities within the living world, with a new reflective focus on recuperative socioecological strategies for the future. The artworks contain oblique suggestions of hope in an ‘unruly’ world of complexity and flux. Burdens are lightened and wastefulness is replaced by elegant and thrifty recuperative strategies.
Please join us for the exhibition’s concluding event on Thursday 28 February at 5:00pm
Artist’s talks Saturday 23 February 2:30pm and Wednesday 27 February 11:00am
Spectrum project spaceBuilding 3 Room 3.191
Edith Cowan University
Mount Lawley Campus WA 6050
Tuesday to Friday 10:00am to 6:00pm
Saturday 12:00pm to 5:00 pm
the event of a thread by Ann Hamilton
filmed by ARTINFO
Shy (dissolution + exchange) installation shots
Even though the Shy (dissolution + exchange) project is expected to take up to two years to complete, the in-progress work was shown at PICA (until 20 October 2012). Here are some quick shots of the installation (hand held, no lighting).
The installation almost finished — the blank square is where the animation is visible. The wallk work is 2.67 x 1.47 m. The first image is in the bottom left hand corner, running left to right to the tip right hand corner. As photocopies arrive the place-holder image is replaced. At the moment the first 9 photocopies have arrived.
touching up around the computer monitor screen (installed behind a false wall)
detail of table located next to the wall piece with received envelopes (taken during the install)
You can find out more about the yonder exhibition here http://www.pica.org.au/view/Yonder/1524 and the artwork is listed here http://www.perditaphillips.com/portfolio/shy-dissolution-exchange/
incurable disease strikes the outback
[Hattah Lakes Storylines Murray Bourcher and Environment Australia 2008]
zombies again…
But the body remains. Vacancy does not mean death. In fact, it means a different form of hungered life… It is a body with organs that has a complicated relationship with its cerebral partner. That body strapped into the car will suffer and be crushed on impact. The body that walks into traffic suffers a similar fate.
And as the mind continues to accept that this vulnerable corpse must be protected, the world around us will shift to accommodate the zombie multitude.
http://natothompson.wordpress.com/2012/05/10/leaving-the-body-behind/