VCA ART 2021

Jay Presland

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours)

I am a filmmaker and composer who works exclusively to make moments from which nothing can be learned. Attempting to be authentic or profound, like turning on a light to get a better view of one’s shadow, is vain, among other things, and I do not wish to touch either hearts or minds. In opera, characters that endure mutilation, dismemberment and even death continue to sing. I too hope to disclose the world with a glamour proportionate to its pettiness and depravity. I work on land that has been stolen from its traditional custodians with a brutality few can comprehend.



Jay Paul Harrison, Guilty (I), Digital Video [still], 2021.
Jay Paul Harrison, Guilty (I), Digital Video [still], 2021.
Jay Paul Harrison, Guilty (I), Digital Video [still], 2021.
Jay Paul Harrison, Guilty (I), Digital Video [still], 2021.
Jay Paul Harrison, Guilty (I), Digital Video [still], 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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