Tendencies of need and dislocation was a performative project incorporating sculptural components, which was eventually realised as an interactive installation with both sculptural pieces and
projected video of the final performance.
Installation for the 'RMIT Fine Art Graduate Exhibition', 2015.
Video projection of Tendencies of Need and Dislocation, 9’ 08” duration, looped; Eviscerated and All churned up.
Didactic rationale:
Patterns of psychological experience and the effects of our unconscious constraints and motivations form the foundation
of this project, materialising in a sculptural manifestation of internal psychic realities, understood through bodily and
material associations.
In this work I have projected my mental and emotional needs outward onto this materialisation through physical exploration
with the sculpture. The value is situated in my relationship and interaction with the form rather than as an the art object. This
work exists as a metaphor of psychological restraints, and one’s constricted insides. Each of us desire an understanding of
our unconscious and relief from psychological struggles.
- Zamara Robison, 2015
Tendencies of need and dislocation (2'31' excerpt), 2015
video
9' 08"
Eviscerated, 2015
fabric, stuffing, thread, weights
8m length
Catalogue statement:
Patterns of psychological experience and the effects of our unconscious constraints and motivations form the foundation of this project,
materialising in a sculptural manifestation of internal psychic realities, understood through bodily and material associations. I have projected
my mental and emotional needs outward onto this materialisation through physical exploration with the sculpture. The value is situated in my
relationship and interaction with the artwork rather than on the art object, which exists as a metaphor of my psychological restraints, my
constricted insides. I desire an understanding of my own unconscious and comfort or relief from my psychological struggles.
~ Zamara Robison, 2015
All churned up, 2015
fabric, stuffing, thread
Gut was an explorative performance, a developmental stage in the lead up to the final performance of Tendencies of need and dislocation. It was performed with the second of two
sculptural prototypes made prior to Eviscerate.
Photo documentation of Gut performance.
Gut, 2015
20 minute performance by Zamara Robison