Peace Unknown

(2008) Peace Unknown. [Artefact]

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In this freestanding sculpture, domestic ‘in-wall’ speakers are mounted in custom-built cabinets. The speakers play a calming stock music soundtrack. The cabinets are faced with photographic mural wallpaper of a stereotypical waterfall scene. This work examines how we construct, represent and deploy notions of nature in our contemporary lives. It mixes the languages of furniture design, landscape photography and sculpture. Drawing on Zygmunt Bauman’s theoretical work on “liquid modernity”, this work questions how and where we find space for contemplation and reflection in a contemporary context increasingly defined by temporary social bonds and consumer choices.

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ID Code: 49873
Item Type: Non-Traditional Research Output (Artefact)
Measurements or Duration: wallpaper mural, approx 270 x 380 x 65 cm and soundtrack: 9 min
Keywords: Art, landscape, photography, sculpture, signification, sound
Pure ID: 33664988
Divisions: Past > QUT Faculties & Divisions > Creative Industries Faculty
Past > Institutes > Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation
Copyright Owner: Copyright 2008 Grant Stevens
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Deposited On: 25 Apr 2012 22:38
Last Modified: 03 Mar 2024 12:47