Christina May Carey
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours)
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Syncopation in a rhythm draws our attention to the rhythm itself. The use of syncopation, gaps, discrepancies and ruptures in my work aims to induce an awareness of breath and pulse. I like the idea that an installation can be created to mimic interior experience, like the sensation of being inside one’s head, or the reverse, like the sensation of being outside of one’s body. This draws on how dream states can expose embedded parts of our psychology that are ignored or masked during waking states. My intention is to generate a feeling of self-scrutiny or self-surveillance in the installation space, invoking bodily affect or an unnerving sense of self-awareness.