Journal
2023 Goals
2023 GOALS “the mere experience of life as the highest goal” (thanks Ketakii!) /acceptance of yourself and others /don't forget you are part of the natural world and you have this magical unknown thing called consciousness /make more art that's beautiful, meaningful,...
Making of 6 Planes Message Received
'6 Planes Message Received' is a filmed performance piece, 5:16 minutes in length with a score developed in collaboration with local musician Elijah Huckel. The piece arose out of a question of how to visually articulate a transformative experience, a fusion of my...
Interviewing Creative Folk / Ken Done
Totally honoured to have Ken Done on the blog today. Ken is an Australian cultural icon. His bold and bright practice is distinctively his own with a career that's successfully spanned decades. Being a personal hero of mine, I'm drawn to the excessive optimism in his...
Floating Lands Art Camp
From October 20-25, 2024, seventeen selected artists gathered at Lake Cootharaba for the Floating Lands Art Camp, an event made possible by Michael Brennan and the Noosa Regional Gallery. This program was structured to foster guided and independent exploration of...
Tree Auditor
As part of the larger (Nambour/Namba-based) Keeper Project, Fiona Harding took on a self-assigned, tree auditor role spanning three weeks. The work utilised costume, photography, and data collection to record trees and resident’s attitudes towards them. Over the three...
Death Arrangements
Death Arrangements was shown at The Old Ambulance Station in 2024 as part of the Liminal Beings show 'Variegation'. Below is the making of and final documentation of the work. MAKING OFAll aspects of the artwork were created by hand. Two sheets of ply...
Death Feedback
As part of the installation work, 'You Will Die (Pothos on Fence)' a feedback box was set up to collect participants' thoughts on death and the artwork. The work was shown at The Old Ambulance Station (Nambour/Namba) in 2024 and 52 responses were collated and are...
Nonsensual
Featuring three artists (Fat Dog, Spirit You, and Jordyn Burnett) Nonsensual was shown at The Old Ambulance Station, as part of Horizon Festival from 26th Aug - 3rd Sept. This journal entry covers the install, the exhibition, and the two other events that occurred in...
Making of Night Body
Night Body is a video performance work combining spoken word, costume design, sound, and movement. The final outcome is a single-channel video (3:07 minutes looped) with a score by Elijah Huckel. The work was supported by The Regional Arts Development Fund...
Making of Golden Teacher
Golden Teacher is a site-specific installation developed for Horizon Festival 2023 as part of Nonsensual Exhibition and presented at The Old Ambulance Station Nambour/Namba. Below is the documentation of the work.TIMELINE 6 monthsFEB 2023 Notified of Horizon Festival...
Western Art History – Renaissance
This series aims to break down and present western art history into bite-sized chunks with the hope to develop a stronger visual literacy and a bucketload of inspiration. Let's consider the idea that no artwork lives in a void and that knowing what came before can...
Making of Nature Shelter
Nature Shelter was a work developed during my Project 24 Residency, a residency that provides time and space for artists to develop, collaborate, experiment, and showcase their work at 2nd Space, Nambour. I decided to use my residency to scale up my work and...
