Tom Bourke

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours)

There’s been a crushing feeling in my chest for some time now. It feels like a parasite sucking the life out of me. I want to rip it from my chest; I want to be loud and graphic, like a victim falling prey to the killer in a slasher film. Black, sticky forms cloud the space, inhuman creatures exuding anger, sadness, grief. My work is the exposure and destruction of these forms – an ecstasy of removal, violence in the air. Through sculpture, performance and sound, I’m freeing myself from this parasite.

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Tom Bourke, Tension, Denial & Anger, Expanding foam, black paint, resin, silicone, steel, 2021. Documentation by ALEC.

Tom Bourke, Hope, Expanding foam, red paint, resin, silicone, steel, 2021. Documentation by ALEC.

Tom Bourke, Detail of Guilt, Expanding foam, resin, steel, 2021.

Tom Bourke, Detail of Hope, Expanding foam, resin, steel, 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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