The exhibition opened on Saturday night with some great company, and valuable feedback – thank you Stockroom for your amazing space and support! I have a few images to share below – only of about a quarter of the show as its very difficult to photograph with lots of fine line work, white space, and reflective glass. So it’s off to the photographers studio at the end of the exhibition which I will then post. The show is on until October 9 at Stockroom, 98 Piper Street, Kyneton.

Artist’s book
Silk screen on paper
15pp, 12×12cm, 2011
Limited edition of 20 books,
each book unique
and numbered 1/1.

Everything is from Nothing is an exhibition exploring the Big Bang theory of the beginning of the universe. I am continuously drawn back to astronomy. The first time I was introduced to astronomy, in a way that really clicked for me, was when I was shown an image of a scattering of galaxies. The Milky Way was one tiny dot amongst many others, and every speck of light in the image was not a star, but actually a galaxy that could be much smaller, or larger than our own. It is kind of impossible to fathom that beyond our own galaxy, there are potentially infinite galaxies. When I first saw that image, it was the first time the monument of the universe made some kind of sense to me, and the following wonder of my place as one human being, and all the myriad of flora and fauna and seemingly infinite and amazing minutia of existence. I never have believed in a god, or creation, but here I found something I could believe in and be inspired by.

Since being introduced to this first image – I have done quite a lot of reading on astronomy, and it is a pivotal subject matter for me – both creatively and personally. Astronomy raises questions of belief, mortality, and existence. And I find it quite an unrelenting subject because whilst there has been amazing advances in our understanding of our planet, and progress on the universe at large: the ultimate question is unanswered: is there a grand unified theory of the universe and, if so, exactly where do we fit into it? What are we doing here, apart from enjoying some excellent company, having some fine times, and enjoying a lovely drop of wine? So I decided to explore that question: the beginning – where we might come from and how, and discovered that the best theory going at the moment is that everything that we know comes from nothing; and came into being in a spontaneous explosion; everywhere and all at once. Beyond our imagination and realm of possibility.

Spontaneous #1, 2, and 3
Monoprints on paper
Each 58×78cm, framed, 2011

Spontaneous #3 (detail)
Monoprint on paper
58×78cm, framed, 2011

Beginning #1, 2, and 3
Paper sculpture
Silk screen print, spirit rub
Various sizes

Beginning #2
Paper sculpture
Silk screen print, spirit rub
30×30cm, 2011