Breaking Silence - Graduate Exhibition, Adelaide Central School of Art, Glenside, South Australia, 2014

The artistic question is no longer: “what can we make that is new?” but “how can we make do with what we have?” Nicolas Bourriaud

The work aims to reconcile notions of ‘the everyday’, poetically highlighting daily problems of consumption and waste. Seduced by colour, and through the repetition of material play it attempts to control the uncontrollable. My practice involves the resuscitation of the found object, making it active, giving it form, while arousing an emotive response.

We live in a world of uncertainty and unrest. One can focus on these negatives or choose to look away. My aim is to show you the world as I see it, exploring safety, protection, nurturing and refuge. The work draws from memory in an attempt to recapture a childlike perception of the world.

Aunty Bebe

2014

Plastic bottle caps & cable ties

110 x 160 x 1cm

photographer James Field, courtesy of Adelaide Central School of Art

Shared Comfort2014Plastic bottle caps & cable ties50 x 50 x 40cmphotographer James Field, courtesy of Adelaide Central School of Art — *Shared Comfort*
2014
Plastic bottle caps & cable ties
50 x 50 x 40cm
photographer James Field, courtesy of Adelaide Central School of Art

Big Nana2014Chair, plastic bottle caps & cable ties90 x 60 x 60cmphotographer James Field, courtesy of Adelaide Central School of Art — *Big Nana*
2014
Chair, plastic bottle caps & cable ties
90 x 60 x 60cm
photographer James Field, courtesy of Adelaide Central School of Art

Safehaven2014Carpet, chairs, plastic bottle caps & cable ties250 x 250 x 90cmphotographer James Field, courtesy of Adelaide Central School of Art — *Safehaven*
2014
Carpet, chairs, plastic bottle caps & cable ties
250 x 250 x 90cm
photographer James Field, courtesy of Adelaide Central School of Art

Security in Numbers 12014Plastic bottle caps & cable ties115 x 115 x 45cmphotographer James Field, courtesy of Adelaide Central School of Art — *Security in Numbers 1*
2014
Plastic bottle caps & cable ties
115 x 115 x 45cm
photographer James Field, courtesy of Adelaide Central School of Art

Aunty Cath2014Plastic bottle caps & cable ties110 x 110 x 1cmphotographer James Field, courtesy of Adelaide Central School of Art — *Aunty Cath*
2014
Plastic bottle caps & cable ties
110 x 110 x 1cm
photographer James Field, courtesy of Adelaide Central School of Art

photographer by James Field, courtesy of Adelaide Central School of Art