Chelsea Farquhar

Honours

As a maker, I create sculptural and performative outcomes to highlight moments of collaboration and exchange. Rather than attempting to provide answers, my process-driven practice engages with ideas around learning and the unknown. Currently, I am looking at the trope of the Victorian era spiritual medium as a site for cross-dimensional exchange and performance. Thinking of artmaking as analogous to ectoplasm—the materialised substance produced from the body of the medium during the séance—my work is full of contradictions and uncertainty.

Website

chelseafarquhar.cargo.site

Social

Instagram

Featured in tour

Amrita Hepi →

Recipient

West Space Window exhibition

Chelsea Farquhar, *Untitled (solitude and mysticism)*, beeswax, ceramic, cheesecloth, solar dye, 2020 — Chelsea Farquhar, Untitled (solitude and mysticism), beeswax, ceramic, cheesecloth, solar dye, 2020

Chelsea Farquhar, *Untitled (performance and exchange) detail*, cheesecloth, thread, sewing needles, 2020 — Chelsea Farquhar, Untitled (performance and exchange) detail, cheesecloth, thread, sewing needles, 2020

Chelsea Farquhar, *Untitled (alchemy and time) detail*, bronze, 2020 — Chelsea Farquhar, Untitled (alchemy and time) detail, bronze, 2020

Chelsea Farquhar, *Untitled (alchemy and time) detail*, bronze, 2020 — Chelsea Farquhar, Untitled (alchemy and time) detail, bronze, 2020

Chelsea Farquhar, *Untitled (alchemy and time) detail*, pewter, burnt wood, 2020 — Chelsea Farquhar, Untitled (alchemy and time) detail, pewter, burnt wood, 2020

Chelsea Farquhar, *Untitled (solitude and mysticism) detail*, solar dye on cheesecloth, 2020 — Chelsea Farquhar, Untitled (solitude and mysticism) detail, solar dye on cheesecloth, 2020

Chelsea Farquhar, *Untitled (performance and exchange) detail*, tulle, 2020 — Chelsea Farquhar, Untitled (performance and exchange) detail, tulle, 2020

Chelsea Farquhar, *Untitled (performance and exchange) detail*, chiffon, 2020 — Chelsea Farquhar, Untitled (performance and exchange) detail, chiffon, 2020

Chelsea Farquhar, *installation view*, 2020. Documentation by Christo Crocker, Eliza Dyball and Aaron Rees. — Chelsea Farquhar, installation view, 2020. Documentation by Christo Crocker, Eliza Dyball and Aaron Rees.

Chelsea Farquhar, *installation view*, 2020. Documentation by Christo Crocker, Eliza Dyball and Aaron Rees. — Chelsea Farquhar, installation view, 2020. Documentation by Christo Crocker, Eliza Dyball and Aaron Rees.

Skye Malu Baker

Thandiwe Bethune

Julien Comer-Kleine

Felix von Dallwitz

Chelsea Farquhar

Thomas Solomon Kuiper

Brodie Kokkinos

Michael McCafferty

Brayden van Meurs

Madeleine Minack

Lia Dewey Morgan

Nina Rose Prendergast

Leo Bagus Purnomo

Liam Randles-Martin

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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