Susan Mountford

Graduate Certificate of Visual Art

This project explores the peculiar physical spaces we sometimes inhabit, often by necessity rather than by choice, such as the interior space of an aircraft. Identifying moments of competing desires, I’m interested in the increasingly common phenomenon of pets travelling onboard of airplanes to provide support for their owners. I’m interested in the act of sharing the plane’s confined space with these animals and the broader socio-cultural meaning of this mode of travelling with animals. Informed by my observations of social practices that speak to contemporary anxieties and competing human desires, my practice seeks to highlight the complexities that can be found in seemingly mundane situations.

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Susan Mountford, Cabin Pressure, Aircraft seat, wood, carpet, rollers, plush toy, plastic toy, 2021. Documentation by ALEC.

Susan Mountford, Handle, Packing tape, air, 2021. Documentation by ALEC.

Susan Mountford, Support Peacock, Removalist blanket, metal, rubber, chicken wire, recycled plastic, woollen yarn, organza, 2021. Documentation by Guy Grabowsky.

Susan Mountford, Suitcase, Packing tape, air, 2021. Documentation by Guy Grabowsky.

Susan Mountford, Surface 1, 2, 3, Fujifilm paper, 2021. Documentation by Guy Grabowsky.

Susan Mountford, Surface 1, Fujifilm paper, 2021.

Susan Mountford, Cabin Pressure Detail, Aircraft seat, wood, carpet, rollers, plush toy, plastic toy, 2021.

Susan Mountford, All Days End, Mp4, Aircraft seat, wood, carpet, rollers, plush toy, plastic toy, 2021.

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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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