Holding: Sites and Traces of Encounter
Presented within a darkened void, the boundaries between seeing and feeling become blurred. Inside the space can be found a wall of softly folded fabric, a collection of hand scaled sculptural objects, and a crumpled paper form resting on the floor like a huddled human figure.
A series of watercolour drawings serve as an invitation to the encounter within the darkened room. The gathered folds and pockets of fabric invite a sense of the potential of the void as a site of holding. The paper, cloth and wax objects were formed with and within the artist’s hands. As the softened wax cooled, her gestures were captured. Through these encounters, of touch, holding, shaping and enveloping, there remains a presence - the traces and residues of the other.
Manipulated fabric 400cm (w) x 220cm (h) Photo credit - Hatched: National Graduate Show 2022, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts. Photograph: Miles Noel Photography.
Manipulated fabric. Graduate Show Plimsoll Gallery, Hunter Street, Hobart. photo credit Cassie Sullivan
Manipulated fabric worked directly onto gallery wall, paper sculpture. Photo credit - Hatched: National Graduate Show 2022, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts. Photograph: Miles Noel Photography.
Manipulated fabric 400cm (w) x 220cm (h) Photo credit - Hatched: National Graduate Show 2022, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts. Photograph: Miles Noel Photography.
Made of paper, tarletan, pigment and wax, these objects have been formed with and within my hands. The gestures and residues of my touch are held in their sculptural forms. Photo credit: Cassie Sullivan.
Photo credit Cassie Sullivan.
Installation view, opening night. Photo credit - Hatched: National Graduate Show 2022, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts. Photograph: Miles Noel Photography.
Made of paper, tarletan, pigment and wax, these objects have been formed with and within my hands. The gestures and residues of my touch are held in their sculptural forms. Photo credit: Cassie Sullivan.
Photo credit: Cassie Sullivan.
Awagami kozo paper, thread Installation view, Hatched 2022, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art.
Photo credit: Cassie Sullivan.
Watercolour on paper. Installation view. Photo credit - Hatched: National Graduate Show 2022, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
Watercolour on paper. Photo credit Cassie Sullivan.
Watercolour on paper. Photo credit Cassie Sullivan.
Watercolour on paper. Installation view. Photo credit - Hatched: National Graduate Show 2022, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.