Something blue
Single channel, split-screen video installation of cyanotype contact prints of still life photography with Satin bowerbird mating calls soundscape 5:18 mins. (Installation includes floor scattered cyanotype photograms from found objects)
Something blue draws parallels between the mating rituals of the Satin Bowerbird males who collect and display blue objects to attract a mate, and humans who have adapted to online dating and use images to attract a mate. Instead of using images of our physical appearance, what if we only use images of our belongings that reflect our identity, beliefs, and emotions.
If you were to use a dating app, instead of using a photo of your face, what one object would you choose to represent you? This is the question I asked the online community in an anonymous survey. I selected 25 responses and interpreted, sourced and photographed the items to use in the video, together with 25 items that I selected.
Each image is a response to another in these hypothetical conversations that explore how we interact and seek tactile connections in an increasingly non-tactile dating world, and questions what our possessions express about us.
Exhibited in the Condensery bomb shelter. See installation images here
7 September – 17 November 2024
The Condensery
Somerset Regional Gallery
Toogoolawah Qld
Single channel, split-screen video installation of cyanotype contact prints of still life photography with Satin bowerbird mating calls soundscape 5:18 mins. (Installation includes floor scattered cyanotype photograms from found objects)
Something blue draws parallels between the mating rituals of the Satin Bowerbird males who collect and display blue objects to attract a mate, and humans who have adapted to online dating and use images to attract a mate. Instead of using images of our physical appearance, what if we only use images of our belongings that reflect our identity, beliefs, and emotions.
If you were to use a dating app, instead of using a photo of your face, what one object would you choose to represent you? This is the question I asked the online community in an anonymous survey. I selected 25 responses and interpreted, sourced and photographed the items to use in the video, together with 25 items that I selected.
Each image is a response to another in these hypothetical conversations that explore how we interact and seek tactile connections in an increasingly non-tactile dating world, and questions what our possessions express about us.
Exhibited in the Condensery bomb shelter. See installation images here
7 September – 17 November 2024
The Condensery
Somerset Regional Gallery
Toogoolawah Qld
Monday - Brisbane Street, Ipswich Qld
Filmed from the SWICH Contemporary Art Space in 2010.
Music: Lillies from the album DUST by Bat Nouveau (formerly 13 Bats).