VCA ART 2020

Mi-Mi Fitzsimmons

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drawing & Printmaking)

Time stretches as the lines of thread interleave the gaps and opacities;
sentiment and sentimentality osmotically embedded—intersections,
connection, trace—lines drawn out end to end; to who?

Mi-Mi's practice utilises drawing and textile-based techniques, particularly weaving—often incorporating found or collected animal-derived objects. With a particular interest in slow process and an ongoing practice of gathering and reflection, she investigates fundamental ideas of time, connection, memory, ephemerality and ethereality. The work assigns value to remnant, trace and unseen process(es); microcosm and macrocosm the field of repetition—a shadow play enactment of dedication and labour immersed in time.

Mi-Mi Fitzsimmons, installation view, 2020
Mi-Mi Fitzsimmons, installation view, 2020
Mi-Mi Fitzsimmons, To, raw silk organzine, timber, 2020
Mi-Mi Fitzsimmons, To, raw silk organzine, timber, 2020
Mi-Mi Fitzsimmons, TSITM, raw silk organzine, cat claws, timber, 2020
Mi-Mi Fitzsimmons, TSITM, raw silk organzine, cat claws, timber, 2020
Mi-Mi Fitzsimmons, TSITM (detail), raw silk organzine, cat claws, timber, 2020
Mi-Mi Fitzsimmons, TSITM (detail), raw silk organzine, cat claws, timber, 2020
Mi-Mi Fitzsimmons, Mamihlapinatapai, silk, stainless steel, timber, 2020
Mi-Mi Fitzsimmons, Mamihlapinatapai, silk, stainless steel, timber, 2020
Mi-Mi Fitzsimmons, FSSS, monofilament, 2020
Mi-Mi Fitzsimmons, FSSS, monofilament, 2020
Mi-Mi Fitzsimmons, To, raw silk organzine, timber, 2020. Documentation by Christo Crocker, Eliza Dyball and Aaron Rees.
Mi-Mi Fitzsimmons, To, raw silk organzine, timber, 2020. Documentation by Christo Crocker, Eliza Dyball and Aaron Rees.

We acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Owners of the lands upon which our campus is situated, the people of the Boon Wurrung and Woi Wurrung, 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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