VCA ART 2021

Lisa Waup

Master of Contemporary Art

My work investigates symbology, text and materiality to create connections to family, Country, history and story. Our Way is an ongoing series that spans various media to explore the power and peril of the directional sign – its ability to control, repress and disorientate First Nations people on their own land. Through altering the text and changing the symbolism of existing signage, these works reference not only me but the many others who are part of generations of lost, stolen, hidden and displaced First Nations people in Australia. The reinvented signs direct the viewer back to where ancestors can be found, implying that First Nations people never were and never will be lost due to their cultural connection to the land.

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Recipient

ART 150 Fellowship
Lisa Waup, Installation view of REDIRECTED exhibition, L-R: OUR WAY (altered direction), LOST, NELOTS, DETNAW, OUR WAY (CAN DO) and TSOL, Screen-painting on Belgium linen, ink, ochre, cotton thread, reflective glass road beads. Series of 60 prints and 12 dyed, hand-rolled string, feather flowers. Custom made aluminium street signs, recycled steel poles. Screen-painting on canvas, ink, reflective glass road beads, 2021. Documentation by ALEC.
Lisa Waup, LOST, Cotton rag paper (350gsm Somerset), ink, cotton thread, adhesive, dyed hand-rolled string, assorted feathers, possum skin, reflective thread, 2021. Documentation by ALEC.
Lisa Waup, OUR WAY (altered direction), Screenpainting (3 x 3m), Belgium linen, ink, ochre, cotton thread, reflective glass road beads, 2021.
Lisa Waup, OUR WAY (can do), Screenpainting (5 x 1.5 m), canvas, ink, reflective glass road beads, 2021.
Lisa Waup, OUR WAY (can do) (detail), Screenpainting (5 x 1.5 m), canvas, ink, reflective glass road beads, 2021.
Lisa Waup, LOST (detail), Drypoint prints (37.5 cm x 28.5 cm each), cotton rag paper (Somerset), ink, cotton thread, adhesive, hand-dyed rolled strings and variety of feathers, possum skin, 2021.
Lisa Waup, LOST (detail), Drypoint prints (37.5 cm x 28.5 cm each), cotton rag paper (Somerset), ink, cotton thread, adhesive, hand-dyed rolled strings and variety of feathers, possum skin, 2021.
Lisa Waup, LOST (detail), Drypoint prints (37.5 cm x 28.5 cm each), cotton rag paper (Somerset), ink, cotton thread, adhesive, hand-dyed rolled strings and variety of feathers, possum skin, 2021.

Master of Contemporary Art

Christina Darras
Claire Bridge
Darren Tanny Tan
Emily Simek
Ezz Monem
Katie Stackhouse
Kayleigh Goh
Leanne Bock
Lisa Waup
Melanie Cobham
Melody Spangaro
Melody Woodnutt
Meredith Marshallsea
Michelle Destefano
Nila Shekarvand
Oliver Hämäläinen
Rachel Jessie-Rae O'Connor
Rebecca Diele
Spencer Harrison

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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