VCA ART 2020

Christina Carey

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Photography)

I work across video, photography and sculpture, and my practice explores the phenomenological experience of time. I focus on installation to create 'zones'—spaces where visual and aural elements manufacture an atmosphere of contained calm. Moving images that appear suspended in space are often framed by rigid sculptural elements. Images are mirrored throughout my work, implying the spectral presence of other spaces and times. In my video work, time feels prolonged but is cut by fleeting interruptions—intermittent reminders of the possibility that we may be experiencing an altered state of consciousness. Materials such as acrylic, wood, concrete and steel are called upon to create the hard lines that juxtapose my selection of vaporous imagery, contained within an architectural frame.

Christina May Carey, Hidden View,  Work 1: Moon, HD Video, MDF and timber projection screen. Work 2: Touch the Skylight, HD video, LED TV, custom steel plinth and acrylic display case. Work 3: Pool, HD video, iPad, custom wall mount. 2020
Christina May Carey, Hidden View: Moon, HD Video, MDF and timber projection screen; Touch the Skylight, HD video, LED TV, custom steel plinth and acrylic display case; and Pool, HD video, iPad, custom wall mount, 2020. Documentation by Aaron Christopher Rees.
Christina May Carey, Hidden View,  Work 1: Moon, HD Video, MDF and timber projection screen. Work 2: Touch the Skylight, HD video, LED TV, custom steel plinth and acrylic display case. Work 3: Pool, HD video, iPad, custom wall mount. 2020
Christina May Carey, Hidden View: Moon, HD Video, MDF and timber projection screen; Touch the Skylight, HD video, LED TV, custom steel plinth and acrylic display case; and Pool, HD video, iPad, custom wall mount, 2020. Documentation by Aaron Christopher Rees.
Christina May Carey, Moon, Moon, HD Video, MDF and timber projection screen, 2020
Christina May Carey, Moon, Moon, HD Video, MDF and timber projection screen, 2020. Documentation by Aaron Christopher Rees.
Christina May Carey, Touch the Skylight, HD video, LED TV, custom steel plinth and acrylic display case, 2020
Christina May Carey, Touch the Skylight, HD video, LED TV, custom steel plinth and acrylic display case, 2020. Documentation by Aaron Christopher Rees.
Christina May Carey, Touch the Skylight, HD video, 2020
Christina May Carey, *Pool*, HD video, iPad, custom wall mount, 2020. Documentation by Aaron Christopher Rees.
Christina May Carey, Pool, HD video, iPad, custom wall mount, 2020. Documentation by Aaron Christopher Rees.
Christina May Carey, 321 (Click), HD video projection, 3 x sheer fabric panels with aluminium hanging bars, photographic colour gel, 2018
Christina May Carey, 321 (Click), HD video projection, 3 sheer fabric panels with aluminium hanging bars, photographic colour gel, 2018
Christina May Carey, 321 (Fan), HD video projection, aluminium blind and frame, plywood plinth, 2018
Christina May Carey, 321 (Fan), HD video projection, aluminium blind and frame, plywood plinth, 2018
Christina May Carey, Time Held, Work 1: HD video, wooden desk. Work 2: Plywood plinth, acrylic display case, wooden metronome, 2019
Christina May Carey, Time Held, HD video, wooden desk; and plywood plinth, acrylic display case, wooden metronome, 2019
Christina May Carey, Virtual Window, HD video, 2020

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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