ARTWORKS AND ARTIST STATEMENTS

Scarlett Ranger

What Sleep Feels Like

Acrylic

‘What Sleep Feels Like’ is a surrealist artwork that represents the turmoil between child and subconscious and the battle between sleep and awake. This piece focuses on the subject of childhood wonderment, the occasion of wonder of which a child will either be awed, frightened or introduce a new child-like perspective to ordinary objects. In What Sleep Feels Like the main focus of the piece are nightmares, exploring the darker side of a child's imagination and introducing a new thought on why children won't exactly fall asleep as fast as we would like them too.

Alessandra Moore

The Risk of Curiosity 

Mixed Media 

‘The Risk of Curiosity’ explores the very wonderment we have as children, our curiosity and need to discover.  As children, our first impressions and interactions can affect us for the rest of our lives and even in some cases begin the development of mental illness. The juxtaposed pieces are composed with many symbolic elements, the pieces have similarities to tarot cards by featuring two figures (good & bad), the metaphorical mushrooms (inspired by mushroom picking, a practice that is passed on generationally in families in certain areas of Northern England, in which you learn what is safe to eat and what not, but in the end you still take the chance of eating them) and the Lino prints featuring the names of the mushrooms. One half represents the good impressions with the edible ‘King Bolete’ mushroom and the other half represents the bad impressions of the poisonous ‘Sickener’ mushroom.

Eden Horner

In the Eyes of Animals

Digital Media

‘In the Eyes of Animals’ is from a series of digital images commenting on the evolution and adaptation of wild animals and their ecosystems, such as a tiger.  The eye is used throughout the series, it is a viewfinder that encapsulates the world in which the animals live and how they have adapted to their differing climates.

Jacinta Kennedy

Adrift

Acrylic, rope, plywood

“ADRIFT” reflects the constant tension between freedom and restraint. I feel the urge to escape, to do my own thing but there always remains the need to meet expectations and fulfill commitments this work reflects the ebb and flow of these conflicting needs.

  

Dani Lanci

Braced

Video

The floating layers of body forms, medical instruments and self portraits references the fluctuation physical and emotional states I experienced as I dealt with scoliosis and the process of straightening my spine. 

Ashleigh Pead

Sophie

Graphite, charcoal

'Sophie’ is a portrait of my younger sister I made this drawing while exploring the concept of growth. My intention was to capture the wonder and vibrancy of childhood and at the same time capture an expression of looking into the distance to represent her future.

Olivia Wilkins

Flight

Timber, copper wire, paint, metal

‘Flight’ is a sculpture that explores the beauty that comes of beastly acts. Influenced by the story of Sadako Sasaki and the 1000 Paper Cranes, it reflects on the beauty of traditional Japanese cranes and the story that united the world.

Ella Parker

Marionette

Pencil, timber, string

The odd characters in ‘Marionette’  explores ideas of alienation and existence on the fringes of society and how society tries to control and subvert individuality.

Bianca Mulheron

Simulacra et Simulation

Digital photograph

Simulacra et Simulation is a comment on the dynamics of French New Wave cinema, and the relationship between the audience and women in film. I defy the male gaze, by covering my face, which disrupts the gaze and the individuality of the person. The designer bag covers my head, also a reference to the commodity and consumerism of the gaze. They are the trappings of an actress, and what makes Anna Karina — an alter ego I have been exploring in senior art.

Audrey Songvilay

‘Dysphoria’  

Video loop

‘Dysphoria’ focuses on transitions within human consciousness. There is no end, nor a beginning to the video series of transformations that poses distinct questions in relation to ideas about the continuum of gender, ‘grey areas’ and androgyny. Using long exposure photography, plays of light and shadow, stretched and condensed time and rough-hewn textures to evoke meaning, I have invited the audience to engage with the idea of gender as a moving, ephemeral concept.

Michelle Hsu

Lovely Bones

Graphite and colour drawing collaged and photographed

The concept of this body of work is being set free.   The wings represent being set free and finally emerging from the ashes  of suffering and pain. The spine is symbolic of strength as well fragility as it exposes the human frame showing how delicate and prone to harm it could be. Set within the protection of the ribs , like a cage is flora and fauna that has replaced the organs. Like living things that have been damaged or burnt down in a fire, other organisms replace them and the cycle continues as one thing passes, something else, like the circle of life, replaces it. In this situation, the damage that has been done is substituted/covered up by something more beautiful. The bones of the skeleton are the last of the humans remains after decaying. It represents mortality as it shows that not everything lives on.

Holly Gibson

#iamhere

Triptych of Photographs

#iamhere explores the artificiality of social media profiles. Telling of our time, people feel the need to project themselves as an ideal. Scrolling through Instagram feeds it is like a competition for who is happiest. Using the photographic device of light and shade, and projection, I have dissolved the ‘fourth wall’, to reveal the darkness outside of the frame of most photographs we share. The mobile phone casts a shadows across the eyes of the subject like a mask, it highlights how the character we present ourselves as online is like wearing a costume in real life, but it is not Real.

Maddy Thornton

Flux

Photogram 

Tides flow and flow, 

The Earth proceeds to rotate,

Water still rises, rises and crashes. 

While our earth can adapt, 

Stains of white flood our reefs, 

Temperatures rise,

Pieces are broken and dissolved into the water. 

It is dissolving, disintegrating, disappearing.

The reefs’ creatures are cease to life,

But the oceans never stop their fluxing.  

Flux is inspired by my fascination with the great barrier reef and ocean conservation, and the major coral bleaching incident. My art is a fluid process connected to the emerging truth of coral destruction. The medium of the photogram technique reflects the impact of light on the life structures of coral reefs; mass bleaching is caused by the inability of corals to process all the oxygen from light produced by photosynthesis. I want my art to confront viewers with the real importance of coral bleaching to realise the destruction we are inflicting.

Li-En Peng

Child’s Play 

Mixed media on canvas 2m x 1.3m

‘Child’s Play’ is a mixed media painting exploring the excavation of imagination.  The little girl sleeps, opening the realm of the unconscious, in a complex interwoven underground system carved over time by real world experiences. Fragments of stories, dreams and memories are littered throughout the caves; rabbits emerge from the tunnels as the survivors of transitional life changes, they are the creators of the warren, the guides of this shadow world. It is a world that exists nowhere else but inside my mind, but as a child, it was both real and tangible, almost visceral.

Bridget Moloney

Until there is nothing left

Black Acrylic cut outs suspended from fishing line and wooden frame

For anything to be gained, something of equal value must be lost. This is an idea that the very order of modern society has been built upon. Today there is deep inequality in terms of the distribution of wealth and resources; the top 1% of the world population has the accumulative wealth of the other 99%. Even now, this suffering 99% are often reduced to a statistic; their humanity is not recognised. This art piece attempts to build on this idea of imbalance, of one group becoming affluent at the expense of another. A void is developing in the world which one day we will not be able to keep filling: resources are limited. If we continue to allow our culture to move forward on this path of exploitation, one day soon we will find ourselves with nothing left.

Jessica Gray

A Look Inside

Series of digital photographs of collages in one frame

A prominent and obvious expression of our identity is through fashion. Different cuts, different styles, different shapes can affect the way we see ourselves and how other people perceive us because our outer appearance can suggest characteristics of persona. My work references that humans are not alone in this respect, and that nature also provides us with similar perceptions. To combine fashion and nature the array of dresses created with various flora showcases the colourful diversity of nature and the fragility of the plants used alludes to the temporariness of this way of defining of our personalities.

Mikayla Simic

Submission

Acrylic painting on canvas

My work explores our struggles as individuals to not become enveloped by the undefined pressures to conform society tries to subject us to. This work suggests that everyone, no matter their circumstances, is defined by their actions and the direction they take in life. The barely defined, emerging figures represent those of us trying to break away from the ‘desired characteristics’ presented by society. The chaos surrounds, partially consumes and crowds out the, suggestive rather than recognisable, figures who remain indistinguishable amid the many conflicting aspects of society they struggle against and are forced to remain in the background unable to break free.

Gabrielle Slorach

Phase Shift

Digital photograph

This image is the result of my exploration of the multitude of very fast images that we process all the time, as part of our perception of the world around us, and particularly places familiar to us. I wanted to capture fleeting moments, with minimal understandable information as subject matter, in order to portray just one of the myriad of images, that our eyes and brain in combination, make sense of to allow us to understand where we are.

Sarah Wang

Alien

Digital photograph

A single girl, from another dimension – another time and place – has seemingly dropped into ours. She appears alien, different from us, making her ‘strange’, though she is not that different at all, depicted as a school student. In reality, it is often us that feel we are the aliens in our own world, when we experience feelings of not belonging and detachment. These feelings of being an alien in a familiar place are portrayed through the physical representation of a strange girl, whose lack of colour is juxtaposed with the colours of the world. The model was painted black and white in such a way that highlighted shadows instead of the reverse. She is made to appear to be confused, uncomfortable in her surrounds, and just not quite belonging.

Bo Graham

The Clock is Ticking

Digital photograph

My artwork explores the concept of time and place, and the impact of change. I have always been fascinated with the environment and drawn to landscape images and so it is through a close look at the world around me that I chose to represent the concept of time and its impact on the earth. This image focuses on an overgrown area where nature left to its own devices has reclaimed the space over time. This idea speaks to me about my own life, and communicates just how precious time is and how quickly it can pass you by. 

Gabriella Dudman

“Disappointment”

Coloured Pencil on Watercolour paper

I believe any negative moment in life can be reflected on as a disappointment whether it results in grief, anger, or sadness, depending if the disappointment is toward yourself, something/someone else. My reality is I’ve had insight into this from a young age and in some way repeatedly gone through a cycle of denial to emotions to acceptance. A four box of doughnuts. There’s only 3. Something that is supposed to make me feel good is now a bit of the opposite. The absence of an expectation hurts equally than an expectation I didn’t even I had.

Jasmin Turpin

“Journey: Self Portrait”

Oil Painting

Through the short span of my life I have accumulated a diverse range of memories and lessons. I have depicted a fragmented façade within a mood board, embodying the essence of my journey and a metaphoric conception of myself.  Images that have changed over time, such as a photograph of my parents has this ripped, root-like formation covering their eyes due to their divorce. The monochromatic colour scheme alludes to a nostalgic atmosphere of reminiscence. Artists, Agnes Toth and Tim Storrier have influenced my work playing with what is real and what is virtual.

Jordi Dysart

“Altered Perception”

Digital Video

This short film explains the journey from innocence to reality. Given to me at a young age, the doll is symbolic of my childhood, representing innocence, beauty and joy. However, the more I age, the more I constantly feel as though I am drowning. Unable to break through to the surface which holds my future. Through this emotion, I feel as though time is twisting around me. Altering my perspective of life, killing the child inside of me. It almost feels as though I am going through plastic surgery, because I feel as though my identity in life keeps changing.

Oliver Waddington

This is a representation of dreams and goals that many have in life, and the battle with the underlying fears which may accompany them. The images show a man who dreams of becoming a lawyer, but continues to struggle with his underlying fears. Fears of being overcome, he may become a lawyer and may earn millions of dollars, but one day he will come to the realization that maybe he’s not happy, that he has lost connection with himself and the things he loves. Maybe we are all filled with fears - how deep under our dreams do they hide?

Liliana Mikami

The Self, The Soul, The Image

Mixed Media

This artwork explores the ideal relationship between the land, the ocean and civilisation. With inspiring influences of Bryan Angus. To make it my own I explored white paint and a variety of materials as well as inks. The bold juxtaposing colours are eye-catching but at a closer glance, a white figure is apparent blending in both environments. The blue establishes the bright sea we all imagine when in reality this image becoming more and more of a notion due human impacts. As does the vibrant green representing the green grassy fields we all played in as children now decaying. The white figure showcases how society should be within both environments. Rather than humans making a bold statement, it should be nature itself standing out alone. Overall this artwork is a reflection of our effect on the environment and how it could be.

Brooke Perkins

Interpretation of my Dreams

Mixed Media

It is unknown why we dream and what causes us to dream about certain things. It is also a fact that we only remember a slight portion of the dreams we have. I believe that the dreams I have, provide insight into my personal concerns, anxieties, fears and desires. The dreams I have often correlate with the thoughts that weigh heavily on my mind. So, although it is unknown why, how or what causes them to occur, I see dreams as a personal insight.

Gavan Smith

The Fractured But Whole

Digital Print

This image, made by joining lines together to form different shapes, is an exploration of my mixed and often confusing emotions. Each split section of my face represents an individual feeling; Purple conceals mystery, Yellow emits joy, Orange illustrates playfulness and energy, Red reveals aggression but also passion, Green suggests envy and Blue signifies trust. Every feeling that I possess makes up who I am. it is a lasting and subtle glimpse into my character. The deeper you look into the image, the more you realise I am undefined and incomplete.

Sophia Hill

Loss of Control

Wire

My art is a powerful interpretation of my deepest thoughts and hidden emotions. In a sense I am falling, losing grip on reality. Emotionally, I feel unstable. My artwork, a sculptural piece constructed from wire, demonstrates and explores the notion of loss of control. The fragmented shadows the figure casts are a representation of how I am present in body but not in mind. With influences such as Judit Rita Rabóczky, Alberto Giacometti and Danny Mooney, I’ve synthesized an artwork that accurately displays the emotions that cannot be explained through words.

Liam Nash

The Bread of Life

Etched Toast

Bread is a euphemism for money. Money has the ability to change people for the worse. Money gives a sense of power which in turn feeds the ego. Thus the reference to bread.

Every human is born, equal and pure. People are not born with hate but rather, it is manifested. Power and money can consume one’s self and leave a once happy and fulfilled person, an empty and envious shell. Human’s sense of reality can be so distorted by money and power that some of the most horrible events in history, can be manifested from good intentions.

Grace Phillips

Regeneration

Pencil and pastel on black paper

Art is survival, it’s how you view the world, your opinion, your thought patterns it’s the very reason you and I are different. The banksia is a metaphor for survival and regeneration, in order to regenerate and germinate seed, it has to go through the trial of fire. I like to believe I know God, and in doing so things make more sense. My work explores questions of ‘truth’ and is an awakening to the chaos of the world, it’s merely a reminder of reality and what we all must go through in our individual journey.

Chelsea Roper

Unfathomable Form

Pencil, acrylic paint, bees wax, human hair

One of the most unfathomable forms of creation is the female body. My work delves into the desexualisation of women, focusing on the feminine figure with the uncontrollable naturals of life. Through comparison of woman and land, my work emphasises how beautifully and wonderfully made we are. As three exaggerated, sexualized figures stand confidently, one figure exploding with body hair, while another is stained by wax (bees wax), a humorous metaphor is formed. Women wax their legs in order to fit into society’s standards of attractive. The centre figure is the most balanced, standing with warm colours and curves that are comforting to the eye. Each lower abdomen embodies a blood tone red, symbolising the womb of the mother. Coconut shells symbolising vessels sit at the base of the nudes, along with coconut fibre baskets in a suggestive feminine shape, which further portray the body of the woman.

Hudson MacMahon

I See Humans but No Humanity

Street Art and Photography

To me people are the most interesting parts to cities; the wide variety of people are what makes a place interesting and curious. People are like the art of the streets, they are what gives a city character and a soul. The quote I chose ‘I see humans but no humanity’ could be interpreted from the viewer’s perspective that as we look at the social issue of poverty, we see humans as the cause of the issue but ironically also as the victim. Therefore it could even be considered from the dog’s perspective, who is looking out at all the people in the original photo. He is almost like the eyes of the owner, as he watches people walk past his owner, ignoring his situation. The dog sees humans but no humanity.

Jemima Roze

Hypocrisy

Oil on canvas, digital imaging, burnt screen printed fabric

An appropriation of Russell Drysdale’s style and famous image, the drover’s wife, combined with abstract landscapes and protest banners, comments on immigration and mandatory detention. The Drysdale artwork was chosen based on its modern technique with foundations in abstraction, to emphasise not only the event as current, but deeply rooted in the past, as Drysdale’s art was created in a time past of an era near colonial frontier times. It also displays immigration, with the imagery of a suitcase in the main human presence’s hand, and the story of the drover’s wife. The adverse opinions about allowing refugees into Australia are conveyed through the work by cutting the image and distorting its original intent to show the loss of Australian culture and identity.

Bianca Davey

Desolation

Mixed Media Digital Images

This series is intended to portray the sublime concept of the media’s influence; a state of complete emptiness and destruction. Juxtaposition of hypnotic and robotic images with processes of deterioration express the message of the impact of the media on youth. Throughout the series backgrounds have been appropriated from artists Kelly Richardson and Gustav Metzger in order to incorporate their concepts of destruction. The images repeat the motif of the subjects walking in a line and have been digitally enhanced to appear futuristic or technological in order to drive the concept of the media and manipulation of behaviour.

Brooke Boxsell

Shadow of Uncertainty

Graphite and paper on ply

My artwork explores sublime in the concealed world through the focus of the unexplored and unknown. Recently my Grandmother was in a coma. Knowing that somebody you love may pass away, depending on their condition, was a traumatic experience for me and my family. My drawing includes stitched layers which was then scanned whilst gradually increasing amounts of wool to represent memories that are woven and intertwined into a complicated life journey. The wool gradually engulfs my Grandma, representing a juxtaposition of loss and life. Within the layers a feather represents a deep sleep. The process of rubbing off the paper to reach the ink print underneath was a metaphor for digging into her mind and trying to understand what she went through.

Anja van Aswegen

Pathways

Documentary Film of installation ceramic work

My work is inspired by the destruction and rejuvenation of habitats devastated by man. ‘Pathways’ mimics the restoration of nature whilst exploring the idea of an end to its repair. Using organic materials I hand built small pots, experimenting with combining clay types and planting grass seeds inside. 

Caitlin Pyke-Nott 

Division  

Three framed Photography pieces 

My artwork takes a critical view of social and environmental issues. In my work, I reconstruct the way people work together, and how we thrive on one another for survival. Having biological cells, a diverse range of repetition and patterns were formed to see how cells rely on one another for survival. It shows how cells move away from the whole, end up withering away and dying. My work produces repetitive circular patterns, and vibrant colours into conceptually layered pieces. While I use a variety of materials and processes in each project my methodology is consistent. The images are linked by recurring formal concerns, subject matter and the similar circular patterns created in each. The subject matter of each piece determines the materials and the forms of the work.

Jessica Twin 

Impostor 

Spray Paint, Acrylic on Wood Panel 

'My style is heavily influenced by Japanese pop-culture. The drawing I do of girls are purposely and overly cute, as well as youthful. People like to look at things that are more perfect; pretty people are more aesthetically pleasing than ugly people. They represent the preservation of innocence and hidden strength, as the expression on their face is known as 'hard to read'; they neutral, indifferent expressions, as if nothing can faze them. They also preserve innocence by appearing young, and new.'

Chase Vollenweider 

Restoration 

Digital Photography Printed on PVC 

The act of restoring; renewal, revival, or reestablishment. Mind. The element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world around and their personal experiences. To think and to feel, the idea of consciousness and thought. Not focusing necessarily on the restoration itself, my art captures that moment in time in which tension builds up to an explosion or release of toxic ideas and experiences.

Jade Ryan

Political Dishonesty – Similarity

Ink on plywood

Politics is relevant within the concept of the human condition as it reflects the fact, that the human condition is the core, underlying problem in human life. Whether viewed politically, socially or environmentally the human condition asks us to question human existence and often, the difference between good and evil. My piece focuses on political honesty and manipulation. Governments universally, throughout history have seen politicians repeatedly mislead the public as well as their own political parties, whether it’s through voting manipulation or changing policy’s after being elected. However it appears political dishonesty is becoming more dangerously common, as politicians are seemingly gambling with the public’s trust, blurring the line between truths and lies.

Jess Breach

Circle of Life – A Fox’s Paw Print

Coffee on plywood

The inspiration for these paintings came from my respect for nature, and how some people are oblivious that our beautiful world is slowly dissipating. I’ve chosen to focus on a fox’s life through seasons, showing the growth and the behaviour of this fox by displaying how it hunts in paintings 2-3. There are only 4 paintings, this illustrates that this fox’s cycle of life is ‘too fast’ and that humans have caused an imbalance in natures natural balance between life and death.

Catharine Wu

‘My Mother’

Mixed Media painting and fans

‘My Mother’ is based on the Concept of Existence with a chosen Focus of Perception, in particular my perception of my mother.  The entire body of work is a collection and development of works that explore the existence of my mother or more specifically, all the aspects that make up her existence, through the eyes of me, her daughter. Following a recurring theme of Taiwanese/Chinese culture, the piece focuses on acknowledging as well as appreciating my mother’s eventful past and how that has shaped her into the woman she is today.

Ruby Stephens

‘RoleCall!’

Mixed media headpieces

The headpieces respond to the Concept of Existence, as I wanted to address the vast differences between myself and my family members.  This was the existence of roles, the roles being the perspectives of how I view my family and how they view me.  The family roles have then been linked to character roles that are portrayed by actors in drama and stage-plays. Both historical and social influences exist heavily in the works.

Ruby Stephens

‘Dovahkiin’

Wire dragon sculpture

‘Dovahkiin’ relates to the Concept of Existence through the Focus of Mythology, specifically the once believed actuality of dragons.  Dovahkiin translates to ‘dragon-born’, portraying the birth of the mythical creature famously known since ancient times.  My work relates directly to a psychological context in which the sculpture is the stereotypical image that first comes to mind, fascinating the audience by appeasing their view of a snaring, sinuous beast.

Mary Beth Holliday

‘Nature’s Eyes’

Pencil on cartridge

‘Nature’s Eyes’ represents the foolish outlook humans have on their environment in comparison to the wise outlook owls have on their environment.  Humans appreciate artificial beauty and are consumed with greed.  They are oblivious to the drastic negative impact they are having on the environment and taking the beauty of nature for granted, converse to the wise owl.

Ellie May Hilton

‘Thinking out Loud’

Graphite on cartridge

‘Thinking out Loud’ responds to the Concept of the Human Condition with a psychological context. My work explores the feelings and emotions of a person with a speech impairment.  Through the facial expressions of the boy I hope to capture the psychological effect and raw emotions felt when they are unable to speak or communicate their thoughts.

Alev Altannan

‘Inevitable’

Ink on paper

Death is inevitable but the time, place and circumstances of our ultimate end remain a mystery. Many seek to know their future and turn to Tarot cards for a glimpse into the unknown. In this artwork I have redesigned three Tarot cards relating to death using my own symbolism: ‘The Hermit’ features the Grim Reaper, the searcher of souls; ‘The Moon’ incorporated a skull into the moon; and ‘Judgement’ includes the angle of death from the end times. These card were drawn during my own Tarot reading session and therefore hold personal meaning.  ‘Inevitable’ is a reminder of ‘Momento Mori’ – Remember you will die

Emma Trewhella

‘Mind Abduction’

Acrylic on board

Mirroring others, humans constantly conform to societal ideologies of what is expected and what is acceptable. This is not entirely a felt choice. One’s culture and upbringing come together to develop an oblivion to the truth; that we can live freely beyond the gates of religion and social stereotyping. In creating ‘Mind Abduction’ I subconsciously poured out my frustrations with social and religious oppression which resulted in personal visual symbolism suggestive of fictitious truths mixed amongst the universe, where truth and purity await discovery.

Hayley Roxburgh

‘The Waiting Room’

Mixed media

After months of not knowing of my aunt’s illness and only finding out that she was in hospital when her health was rapidly declining, I found myself in a pressure cooker of emotion. “The Waiting Room” explores these emotions: anger, pain, sadness, loss, brokenness, helplessness, emptiness.

Jyle Kennaway

‘Der Veltschmerz’

Film

Many days passed by. Lonely and emotionless, my interactions with others seemed meaningless. Even talking to people about their day seemed an extreme task that I was emotionally unfit for. So, I turned to the only cure I knew – technology. As I roamed from day to day I became more like the machine I had been using, morphing into software. This artwork is based on memories of a depressed time of my life where I felt rejected due to my difference. It is a reminder that small interactions are meaningful.

Amy Browne


‘The Subconscious State’

A3 Print on Photographic Paper Altering Reality

My focus is homicide, displayed through an appropriated nightmare. Homicide, although customarily associated with murder, is much broader and vast in scope. I chose to base my artwork on homicide as I feel as though this issue is frequently overlooked and misinterpreted by many. I consciously appropriated images from Tim Burton’s ‘Corpse Bride’, along with several other dark and obscure images, to capture my audience and eliminate any possibility of the ‘nightmarish aftermath of homicide’ being overlooked, by using recognisable imagery from popular culture. 

Many people see death and murder as horrific and appalling, however, what they don't consider is the effect that it has on those left behind. My artwork has a dark aura about it, with unrealistic, leaden images as I am displaying both homicide, specifically murder, and the mental effects of it. Nauseating and harrowing illnesses can result from having a loved one murdered, leaving a caliginous mental pathway for many. Murder haunts those left behind in ghastly ways.

Julia McNae

‘Projections of Individuality’

Digital Media

The inspiration motivating my piece is the value of individuality. In society, women are perceived as delicate flowers, who must conform to the harsh expectations placed onto them. Every individual flower however, is complex and unique, each one manages to thrive despite the cruel constraints. Their varying colours, patterns and shape all add layers to their unique individuality.  Through placing the subject in a darkened room, using the only light source to project flowers onto the subject’s body/face, a symbol is created of the inner light women must value and allow to shine in order to find inner happiness.

Bayleigh Cole

Out of the Darkness

Mixed Media on Canvas 

Mental illness is a real health issue in today’s society with many being succumb by it regardless of age. Mental illness is not a very positive topic but sad and depressing.  The symbol of distorted faces construed behind wire represents the deteriorating minds, fading into the darkness, and give the feeling of being caged or imprisoned inside ones mind. The only positive spin on this topic are the pills. The pills can make the blurriness go away and clarity come forward in short colourful bursts. In order to contrast the negative with the positive, bright vibrant colours have been used. The pills in the medication bottle sprout flowers that beam with hope and show a sense of happiness and joy within the piece, and possibly a light at the end of the dark tunnel.

Charleigh Pring

‘The Ocean Above’

Digital media. 

‘The Ocean above’ is a digital print which puts into perspective and highlights the environmental emergency of global warming. My artwork showcases a mystic backdrop of a desiccated desert floor contrasting against distant city scape with vivid clouds embracing the skyline. An adolescent girl runs towards the fogged out city, dragging above her 3 sea creatures held up as weightless balloons. My image tells the story of a world where the rise in temperature has dried the oceans across the globe, leaving all creatures that once called the underwater havens home, to perish.

Jennifer Clements

Perspective

Digital Media

 

Perspective is the result of emotion; it is the key to everything.  “Perspective” is a series of work that features attitudes within humanity. By applying abstraction, chiaroscuro, imagination and simplicity along with medium of conceptual photography and film, I was able to produce an in depth body of work that explores atmospheric perspective within human perspective. “Perspective” demonstrates how life extends beyond its own subjective limits. Stipulating an innovative set of allegorical elements to contrive vision and influences within the artwork.