Centre for Projection Art: More Than
The Centre for Projection Art presents More Than an exhibition of new moving image works developed through the 2024 residency program on Fed Square’s Main Screen.
This year’s residency theme invites artists to explore and reimagine our complex and interconnected relationships with non-human ecologies. The resident artists delve into the symbiotic connections between humans, animals, plants, and technological entities, challenging viewers to rethink their place within these dynamic ecosystems and encouraging a deeper appreciation for the diverse and interconnected world around us.
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Artists
Jack Lee
Jack Lee is a Chinese Malaysian artist exploring preconceived social norms and the construction of ‘in-between’ cultures. Lee’s residency project explores the impacts of climate crisis through the lens of gender and diversity, highlighting the role of animal gender in ecology.
Un_Calculated
The artist duo Un_Calculated (aka Rewa Wright & Simon Howden) explore speculative futures where plant signals, human music, computational data collide, in a sophisticated audio-visual experience. When combined with a posthuman lens to art and science, our hope is that through this practice, people will feel a little closer to the hidden bio-electrical processes of plants, and consider plants not as a resource for extraction, but as a ‘companion species’ (Donna Haraway) in a sustainable ecology.
Harrison Hall
Harrison Hall’s work situates contemporary performance and dance in experiential art environments. His recent works traverse states of flux within digital and live worlds, working to increase the embodied experience in mixed digital and live performance contexts.
Rali Beynon
Rali Beynon is inspired by diverse cultural background, including Afro-Caribbean, First Nations Pima-Mexican, Cantonese-Malaysian, Celtic and Nordic ancestries, Rali’s work is interested in storytelling, hybrid figures and mythologies, to explore social and ecological concerns.
Jenn Tran
Vietnamese-Australian artist, Jenn Tran practises in a formative nexus of experimental animation and cine-essay, intertwining alternative dialogues of care through animated realms and reflexive narratives. Her residency project will explore digitally constructed kites as a communicator for climate activism and ecological destiny.
Nahbananas
Nahbananas (aka Janis Nah) creates collages and soft sculptures to explore the interconnections of our surroundings. Her work examines daily habits, movements, and contemplation through traditional craftsmanship, experimental techniques, and carefully sourced materials, emphasizing environmental impact and connection to our surroundings.
Sophia Flo Dacy-Cole
Sophia Flo Dacy-Cole bridges the disciplines of art, somatics and ecology, with a focus on human-soil communion. She introduces participants to soil personhoods using the intimate scientific techniques of: soil microscopy, soil bioacoustics, and field sampling. Through soil encounters, she explores the political and personal effect of deeply encountering the ecological other as an equally important and possibly dangerous personhood.
Amy Manson
Amy Manson explores hyperreal sci-fi worlds with an emphasis on the existential, leaning into the intersection of art and science. She is exploring what it might be like to perceive through non-human senses and how this might link to the augmentation of human perception by technology.
Emma Pattenden
Emma Pattenden blends artistic creativity and architectural expertise to craft intricate, contemplative art that explores the dimensions of space, time, and the landscape. Emma’s work centres on memory and the embodied experience, encouraging viewers to reflect on their own connections to nature, prompting introspection and contemplation.