Honoured to be a 2020 Recipient of the Creative Generation Award for Excellence in Visual Art
ABOUT THE AWARD:
Each year the 'Creative Generation Excellence Awards in Visual Art' recognises and celebrates the artistic achievements and creative talents of senior high school students from across Queensland.
This exhibition showcases the work of the 33 excellence award recipients selected in 2019 from almost 400 entries submitted by students from metropolitan and regional schools throughout the state.
TITLE
The Tool Forest, 2019
ARTIST STATEMENT
Inspired by the collage techniques of Midori Harima, my work explores the deforestation resulting from our insatiable consumerism. The four tools traditionally employed in the destruction of natural environments, and the hard hat and earmuffs of the worker who operates the tools, are juxtaposed with their wrapping, made from photographs of the very things they destroy: trees. The soundtrack that accompanies the physical elements of this work is a compilation of the four tools operating in a tree-lopping environment, reminding the viewer what these tools were used for.
ARTWORK PROCESS
Photographs taken of different tree trunks were printed onto fabric. Real tools (chainsaw, saw, axe, hard hat, earmuffs) and a cardboard two-man saw were then covered in fabric using a hot-glue gun. Audio created by individually recording the sounds of each tool operating was then compiled using Premiere Pro.
THE ARTWORK
