GRACIA + LOUISE

Collaborative art provides a staged exhibition format that enables several artists to be contributors to one large art piece. The FOUND Project documents the processes involved in such collaboration. This makes us aware that there is a whole array of things that contribute to the set up of an installation.

The FOUND Project is a purely empirical artwork based on the experience of the artist with his/her environment. Movement, change, and time are all variables that have influenced the making of this work. This shows us that objects within the world are subject to change according to the influence of many elements and cannot be pinpointed by a single conception, abstraction or meaning.

It also displays to us the fecundity of perception. Momentary perception is limited by what is there at the time. When a person finds an object, their perception of the processes of life around the object is enlivened. When the object is appropriated as part of an installation environment the processes continue.

As fifteen artists were involved in The FOUND Project there is also added the extra variable of choice. This brings us to question: what makes one person stop and choose an object as one that possesses a particular beauty or significance? This work also acts as a diary of experience for each artist. The artists have found over time that these objects have triggered memories that they may have not otherwise had.

Penelope Trotter
Art theory lecturer, Monash University Gippsland

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{Images above, found, June 13th - Southern tamandua with Japanese animal shaped rubber bands, and June 11th - Giant armadillo from South America.}