Some Thing

Research Background: My work 'Something' researchers and explores notions of the abject and corporeal body. The central research question is why is the abject body absent from the practice of art and technology ?. The project was originally funded by The Australia Council in 2011. Research Contribution:The work was curated into a extremely prestigious international museum show at Museum Villa Rot in Germany, curated by Stefanie Dathe. The exhibition on the theme meat and contemporary art was called 'Carnal Desire'. Included in the exhibition were a number of very high profile artists such as Hermann Nitsch, Orlan, Wim Delvoye and Fischli/Weiss. My work, exhibited next to that of Hermann Nitsch consisted of a pulsating visceral body and explored the confrontation of the human body rendered as unclassifiable meat. While I have claimed this work before as an ERA output, this new highly significant exhibition, sees the work shown in a very different context, in addition previously the work has been presented on a custom made table with an accompanying soundtrack. Carnal Desire did not present the work with a soundtrack or table element, the exhibition too placed my work in an international context which sees this ERA output as fundamentally different to the other one.Research Significance:The project was also funded (and peer reviewed) through a Creative VictoriaVic Arts grant to present and exhibit the work. The inclusion of my work in this exhibition is of considerable significance and places my practice within an international contemporary art arena alongside other high profile artists. The exhibition was reviewed by Lena Grundhuber in Sudwest Presse, and an image of my work was reproduced in Hamburger Abendblatt. The exhibition also resulted in a 148 page catalogue with bi-lingual essays by Stefanie Dathe, CathrinNielsen, Volker Demuth Rudi Holz- berger and Jörg Scheller. (ISBN 978-39816250-7-3) Website: http://www.villa-rot.de/de/