Coalescence of Existence
Practice-led Research
Master of Creative Arts
@ Deakin University
June 2024
Coalescence of existence challenges and unpacks notions of identity in a
creative enquiry that seeks to find my authentic voice through embodied
experiences of making. It looks at the relation of practice to the unconscious
mind. While identity is a broad encapsulation, this project represents
my formative influences, familial experiences, and cultural overlays that
impact understanding and expression of the self. This project tracks a series
of experiments that lead to the main work and act as a provocation rather than
providing a definitive answer to the research question. Through methods of production that utilise
virtual and physical mediums such as analog and digital photography, automatic
drawings, video projection, and live video feeds, the project embraces the
multitude of identities embedded in the making and experiential processes.
KEYWORDS
Authentic voice; Identity; Multiplicity; The
Body; The unconscious, Gestural movements; Performativity; Phenomenology; Perception;
Automatism, Psychology,
Conceptual Art, Mark-making, Chance
Exegesis of the Research Project linked here.
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