Practice-Led Artistic Research
Landscapes of the Interior
From Still-Life to Living Force
Erotic Fecundity and Non-Conformist Affinities in Margaret Olley and Joseph Cornell
This research explores the domestic interior as an active field in which objects gather meaning and quietly shape the emotional and symbolic life of space.
Developed through a sustained independent studio and research practice, the project examines how the still-life interior can become more than a simple backdrop. Through staged photography, printmaking, works on paper, artists’ books, collected objects and archival material, everyday things begin to gather and relate to one another, creating subtle relationships that extend beyond their ordinary use.
The inquiry unfolds through ongoing studio practice alongside writing, reading and critical reflection. Psychoanalytic, phenomenological and post-structural perspectives inform the research while remaining secondary to the discipline of looking and the slow negotiation between form, space, material and duration.
The project continues to evolve and is intended to form the foundation for future practice-led doctoral research.
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