Year 12 Art

Holly Mayo My work interrogates the nature of reality, specifically my reality to ‘your’ reality. The stones act as a metaphor for the overbearing weight of trauma and uncertainty that I am always labouring against. The sculpture and self-portrait harbour the question, who or what is really in control of me? I hope this work asks the audience to consider and reflect what weight they labour under.

Kayleigh Viviers My work is about my fascination with Time. The crib is symbolic of a momentous beginning in life. Birth and death are stated by time – our entry and exit in the world. The unusual interplay of materials and objects ask the audience to consider the fragility and temporality of one’s life.

Alexandra Spalding The scientific phenomenon “Entropy” describes the irreversible escalation of chaos in the universe, the decay of order and surge of the arbitrary. My work adopts this concept to explore the volatile relationship between man and nature and the restorative tendencies of the human condition.

The 2020 Zeitgeist Year 12 Art

Mrs Gaye Brown Head of Faculty-Creative Arts and Design Studies/ PAR - Visual Art

This is a snapshot of some of the works Year 12 Art students have done in response to forces in their lives, both seen and unseen. It is commonly believed that all Art reflects in some way the time in which it is created. This is certainly supported through our students’ work and the ideas many have explored including the ethical self, immersive mind and body wellbeing, blended realities and expansive futures, identity, awe of the universe, sustainable cultures, technological interventions and one’s personal connections, resilience and progress in uncertain times.

Lucy Day My work is inspired by the gradual integration of plastic into the natural environment and the long term impacts it will bring for future generations to come. As climate change is becoming an increasingly political topic, I ask the audience to not view their actions as small and inconsequential but as part of a collective impact on the environment. I wanted to recontextualise flowers from living beautiful things to ones strangled from oxygen by plastic - they are now of limited appeal.

As the internet becomes a mainstream platform for news sites, journalists are now being paid per click on their articles, rather than an overall salary. Modern Day Journalism explores how information on the internet is manipulated, fabricated or taken out of context, usually in the form of clickbait ‘news’ articles. The installation consists of a 1997 CRT monitor with paper planes flying through it, with the

Caitlyn Lee implication of transformation within. Iris Kim Memories inform the present and future by allowing us to consider our past actions and experiences. They may elicit uncertainty, pain or pleasure. All memories start with perception and our brains encode and store them. My artwork is about my childhood memories in Korea before immigrating to Australia.

Eve Limboro What immortal hand or eye, (named from a line in William Blake’s poem) was created to challenge transhumanism – the integration of technology with the body to enhance human perception. This movement is gaining pertinence in our society especially through the practices of Viktoria Modesta and Lucy McRae.

Imogen Stocks CogNUTive Therapy further explores the contemporary struggle of developing a unique sense of identity. The boxes represent the physical spaces which confine or liberate and embody the concept of thinking ‘outside the box’. The walnuts, which appear similar to brains represent the cognitive space, which is unique for each individual and often has not yet matured like the broken walnuts.

Aeshlein Ralston I challenged myself to create a fantastical world in reality, which could evoke the ambiguity and sheer confusion of a synaesthete’s reality. By engaging one’s senses with a myriad of iridescent colour and moving shapes, I am challenging the viewer to embrace the discomfort of not understanding the meaning at first, and rather just experience the work for what it is, the expansive world of those with synaesthesia.