Leanne Bock
Master of Contemporary Art
The banal every day has a peculiar way of conflating the micro and macro, by reflecting interconnected, complex global issues and the absurdity of constructed reality. Making use of what is at hand, my work is a playful blend of transient lived experience and the magic of day-to-day and collective circumstances, evoking themes of memory, perception and suspended reality. Using ordinary objects, video and light projection, it embraces a makeshift, lo-fi aesthetic to create a democratic visual language, with humour and absurdity. The work is approached intuitively – like a diary – allowing the private, emotional and unconscious to blend with an awareness of current social circumstances. It invites connections, valuing ambiguity and indeterminacy as ends in their own right.
Master of Contemporary Art
