VCA ART 2021

Alice Tsiavos

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drawing & Printmaking)

I am fascinated by the implications of cartography and its historical use in controlling space through the delineation and projection of territory. My practice is built around finding ways of representing place, while resisting the cartographic urge to territorialise land.


My work emerges from places I encounter incidentally, often inspired by a physical object, mark or fragment found at the site. These signifiers of the site and its history undergo various processes of reproduction, such as tracing, frottage, photography or casting. Through material transformation, these fragments become abstracted, creating opportunities for speculation and reimagining what they could be. By working from specific details rather than a tangible whole, I explore new ways of relating to the spaces we occupy.

Alice Tsiavos, installation view, NA, 2021. Documentation by ALEC.
Alice Tsiavos, Portal (installation view), Pewter, 2021. Documentation by ALEC.
Alice Tsiavos, Crater (Variation #1), Debossed lithograph print, 2021.
Alice Tsiavos, Crater (Variation #2), Debossed lithograph print, 2021.
Alice Tsiavos, Crater (Debossing Tool), Pewter, 2021.
Alice Tsiavos, Perimeter Fence (Maribyrnong Explosives Factory), Lithograph, 2021.

We acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Owners of the lands upon which our campus is situated, the Boonwurrung and Woiwurrung people of the Kulin Nations, who have created art, made music and told their stories here for thousands of generations. We also acknowledge and extend our respect to the Traditional Owners of all lands on which our work is viewed, shared and enjoyed, and to all Elders, past, present and emerging.

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