Written By Tesha Malott

JULIETTE BURGESS, XANTHE KIBBLE, LAUREN MACCOLL, MADISON SMITH, ELEANOR VINEBURG
“SHEDDING LIGHT”

LANEWAY CAFE, WENTWORTH BUILDING (2023-2024)

Image: Xanthe Kibble, Delayed Structures, 2023. Greyscale photograph of buildings layered over each other.

Xanthe Kibble, Delayed Structures, 2023, photograph on paper. Image courtesy of the artist.

ARTIST STATEMENT

Created by SCA students in their first year of study, the works within this show employ light as a material, using it as a tool in a variety of ways; from manipulating aperture in traditional-style photography to adopting a ‘light wand’ to create light painting photographs, and engaging with cyanotype printing which involves the use of light-sensitive paper.

Image: Madison Smith, Untitled, 2023. Loops and abstract shapes of multicoloured light on a black background.

Madison Smith, Untitled, 2023, light painting photograph. Image courtesy of the artist.

Image: Juliette Burgess, Dionysian Masks, 2023. Photograph of two figures wearing a bird-like cardboard mask. The bottom figure's image is obstructed by net patterns. The image is monochromatic, in red and black.

Juliette Burgess, Dionysian Masks, 2023, photogram print. Image courtesy of the artist.

Image: Eleanor Vineburg, Have There Be Home, 2023. Posable wooden figure in white and purple crochet, holding a smaller wooden figure wrapped in blue textile. There are halos behind each figure, and beams of light eminating from the larger figure.

Eleanor Vineburg, Have There Be Home, 2023, digitally altered photo media on paper. Image courtesy of the artist.

Image: Lauren Maccoll, Passing Through, 2023. Blue cyanotype image of a woman bottle feeding a baby on top of a oval lace doily.

Lauren Maccoll, Passing Through, 2023, cyanotype. Image courtesy of the artist.

 


Verge Projects is a platform that aims to strengthen the University of Sydney community and networks through on-campus art activations. Verge Projects delivers community engaged projects led by and in collaboration with student and student groups. Stepping outside of art faculties and spaces, this program encourages inclusive and creative experiences campus wide.

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