July 2014 - Justine Walker

Parkin Drawing Prize

26 July – 27 August 2014 NZAFA Galleries 1 Queens Wharf Wellington My drawing Studio Drawing (Gold) is a finalist in the Parkin Drawing Prize exhibition

Balloons

Balloons, video, 5 min, 2013 The camera is focused on a woman’s mouth. The woman blows into a balloon, with each breath the balloon inflates

100’s & 1000’s

Sample of 100’s & 1000’s, 2013 100’s & 1000’s starts focused on a pile of 100’s & 1000’s, all colours mixed together for a riotous

I AM Erased

From a child I assumed that I would have children one day. This long felt belief has become part of who I am, part of

I AM

From a child I assumed that I would have children one day. This long felt belief has become part of who I am, part of

Untitled (Rainbow) comes from a larger body of work entitled Spinning in my Mother’s Garden: a search for subjectivity. This research looked into the possibility of female subjectivity in a society based in patriarchy. Navigating feminist thought through equality, difference and androgyny and considering the theories of Irigaray, Derrida, Kristeva and others.

Untitled (Bulb)

A coiled florescent light bulb is turned on and warms up. The footage has been reversed, and repeats.

Untitled (Drawing Performance)

12 coloured pencils are removed from their packet and placed into a container. A pencil is selected at random from the container. Using a ruler a straight line is drawn, a ruler width distance from the left edge of a landscape A4 white piece of paper. The line starts 2cm from the top of the paper and finishes 2cm from the bottom. The pencil is returned to the container. The ruler is moved 3mm to the right (by eye). Another pencil is selected at random and other line drawn. The process repeats until a line is drawn a ruler width distance from the right edge of the paper. The series continues.

Untitled (Headstand)

The footage starts focused on a blank wall. A naked woman’s head appears from the top of the screen as she stands on her head, she then disappears the same way she appeared. She stands on her head repeatedly.