VCA ART 2020

Anna McGirr

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Photography)

I create artwork out of dialogue, snippets of information and cosy textures. My sculptural and video practice of storytelling links the visual image to the written word. Stories grounded in my lived experience are shared in the form of immersive, multimedia installations. Instinct directs my delicately chosen colour palette and I find beauty in the ordinary moments of life. Latch, Punch, Weave, Tuft, Sleep is inspired by the intimacy of messy linen, unmade bed covers and the imprint of where bodies once lay. Through memory tracing I write personal and partially fictional narratives of normalcy that inform abstract, yet cinematic video and hand-tufted textile works made of found, recycled and hand-dyed wool.

Website

annamcgirr.com

Social

Instagram

Enquiries

annam4873@gmail.com
Anna McGirr, Latch, Punch, Weave, Tuft, Sleep, 10min 10sec HD video, 2020
Anna McGirr, Latch, Punch, Weave, Tuft, Sleep, collection of hand-tufted wall hangings made from hand-dyed merino wool and acrylic yarn on canvas backing and HD video on 43inch flat-screen monitor, duration 10:10 seconds, 2020
Anna McGirr, Latch, Punch, Weave, Tuft, Sleep, collection of hand-tufted wall hangings made from hand-dyed merino wool and acrylic yarn on canvas backing and 10min 10sec HD video on 43inch flat-screen monitor, 2020. Documentation by Lucy Foster and Kenneth L. Suico.
Anna McGirr, Latch, Punch, Weave, Tuft, Sleep, Collection of hand-tufted wall hangings made from hand-dyed merino wool and acrylic yarn on canvas backing and HD video on 43inch flat-screen monitor, duration 10:10 seconds, 2020
Anna McGirr, Latch, Punch, Weave, Tuft, Sleep, collection of hand-tufted wall hangings made from hand-dyed merino wool and acrylic yarn on canvas backing and 10min 10sec HD video on 43inch flat-screen monitor, 2020. Documentation by Lucy Foster and Kenneth L. Suico.
Anna McGirr, *Latch*, Punch, Weave, Tuft, Sleep, Collection of hand-tufted wall hangings made from hand-dyed merino wool and acrylic yarn on canvas backing and 10min 10 sec HD video on 43inch flat-screen monitor, 2020. Documentation by Lucy Foster and Kenneth L. Suico.
Anna McGirr, Latch, Punch, Weave, Tuft, Sleep, Collection of hand-tufted wall hangings made from hand-dyed merino wool and acrylic yarn on canvas backing and 10min 10 sec HD video on 43inch flat-screen monitor, 2020. Documentation by Lucy Foster and Kenneth L. Suico.
Anna McGirr, *Latch*, Punch, Weave, Tuft, Sleep, Collection of hand-tufted wall hangings made from hand-dyed merino wool and acrylic yarn on canvas backing and 10min 10sec HD video on 43inch flat-screen monitor, 2020. Documentation by Christo Crocker, Eliza Dyball and Aaron Rees.
Anna McGirr, Latch, Punch, Weave, Tuft, Sleep, Collection of hand-tufted wall hangings made from hand-dyed merino wool and acrylic yarn on canvas backing and 10min 10sec HD video on 43inch flat-screen monitor, 2020. Documentation by Christo Crocker, Eliza Dyball and Aaron Rees.
Anna McGirr, Latch, Punch, Weave, Tuft, Sleep, Collection of hand-tufted wall hangings made from hand-dyed merino wool and acrylic yarn on canvas backing and HD video on 43inch flat-screen monitor, duration 10:10 seconds, 2020
Anna McGirr, Latch, Punch, Weave, Tuft, Sleep, Collection of hand-tufted wall hangings made from hand-dyed merino wool and acrylic yarn on canvas backing and 10min 10sec HD video on 43inch flat-screen monitor, 2020. Documentation by Lucy Foster and Kenneth L. Suico.
Anna McGirr, Latch, Punch, Weave, Tuft, Sleep, Collection of hand-tufted wall hangings made from hand-dyed merino wool and acrylic yarn on canvas backing and HD video on 43inch flat-screen monitor, duration 10:10 seconds, 2020
Anna McGirr, Latch, Punch, Weave, Tuft, Sleep, collection of hand-tufted wall hangings made from hand-dyed merino wool and acrylic yarn on canvas backing and 10min 10sec HD video on 43inch flat-screen monitor, 2020. Documentation by Lucy Foster and Kenneth L. Suico.
Anna McGirr, Latch, Punch, Weave, Tuft, Sleep, collection of hand-tufted wall hangings made from hand-dyed merino wool and acrylic yarn on canvas backing and HD video on 43inch flat-screen monitor, duration 10:10 seconds, 2020. Documentation by Christo Crocker, Eliza Dyball and Aaron Rees.
Anna McGirr, Latch, Punch, Weave, Tuft, Sleep, collection of hand-tufted wall hangings made from hand-dyed merino wool and acrylic yarn on canvas backing and 10min 10sec HD video on 43inch flat-screen monitor, 2020. Documentation by Christo Crocker, Eliza Dyball and Aaron Rees.

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Photography)

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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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