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Humanature

From Australia

'Humanature' by Craig Walsh:A multiple-projection installation using existing trees.Craig says: "Humanature is a site-specific project, which transforms plants and trees by day into monumental animated portraits by night. As my work has always been concerned with individual and collective perceptions of environment and the effects environment has on our condition, the human head superimposed over a variety of surfaces provides a powerful metaphor to provoke consideration of our relationship to an object, site or space. The juxtaposition of the face with specific built and natural environments clearly states the influence our environment has on our current condition. Whilst an individual's perception is generated through cultural and environmental conditions, this work aims at forcing the viewer into reassessing and questioning these conditioning processes and provide a different view of the existing environment."Craig Walsh Biog:Craig Walsh was born in Orange in 1966, and lives in Brisbane, Australia. Primarily interested in hybrid/site-specific projects and the exploration of alternative contexts for contemporary art, his work often utilizes projection in response to existing environments and contexts. He has been working across a range of art forms including theatre, architecture, public works, gallery exhibitions and festivals. His work has been selected for major survey exhibitions, commissions and residencies both nationally and internationally, including; the Yokohama International Triennial of Contemporary Art, Japan. Fuji Rock Festival, Japan. Under the radar, Liverpool, England. The National Sculpture Prize & Exhibition, National Gallery of Australia, Havana Biennale, Cuba, Experimenta Vanishing Point, Melbourne; the Anne Landa Award, AGNSW, Sydney; the Adelaide Biennale of Australian Art, AGSA, Adelaide. 2004: Australian culture now, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne. Institute of Modern Art Brisbane and Ssamsie space, Seoul, Korea. He is currently working on a range of public, theatre and gallery based projects including a new video installation for Sendai mediateque, a collaborative installation at Australian Centre For The Moving Image (ACMI) in Melbourne. Media City Seoul, Korea and he has been awarded the Australia Council’s New York studio residency for early 2007. More info: www.craigwalsh.net