"Objectum"
2001 Pert Institute of Contemporary Art
The boundaries between self and other, subject and object are more ambiguous and fragile than our senses inform us. The objects whichsurround us inevitably influence the senses. I am interested in how we interact with everyday objects. Particularly those objects which are predominantly decorative and beyond the scope of high -low art/craft aesthetics. These are objects that have slipped through the net of comfortable formal decisions and solid theory and speak with a humbling honesty about our lives -love it or hate it. These objects have their origins in the home made-handyman's decision making process. What ever their makers initial intention, all such objects are pregnant with ideas about nature, masculinity, colonialism, history and suburbia. The process of remaking these objects attempts to both deconstruct and extend the meanings hidden within such objects of the everyday and thereby the connections to our lives.
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garden 2001 |
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breakfast 2001 |
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bones 2001 |
work is beautiful 2001 |
Mark Cypher received a Master of Visual Arts in Sculpture, in 1995, from Sydney University, Australia, and is currently a Senior Lecturer and Program Chair for Multimedia at Murdoch University - Western Australia. Mark also began his PHD in 2004 researching Actor Network Theory in relation to interactive artworks. Cypher has participated in several international exhibitions, including “404” II International Festival of Electronic Arts, Rosario, Argentina, and “Biophilia” at the Perth International Arts Festival, Curtin University, Western Australia. Cypher has also exhibited work in various museums and galleries across Australia, including , the Western Australian Art Gallery, Sunshine Coast Gallery, Melbourne Contemporary art show and the Casula Powerhouse, Sydney. Cypher’s work is also held in several state and national collections such as the Art Gallery of Western Australia, ArtBank-Sydney, Casula Powerhouse-Sydney, Curtin University of Technology and University of Western Australia.