Olivia Leigh Morris

Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) (Honours)

Oct 17

Written By Gracia & Louise

A durational site-specific intervention, collecting stones and walking/mapping an eternal loop

Documentation of casting of negative space after digging a hole, left for 5 days then unearthed

Documentation of an intervention exploring and mapping the surface of the site considering a hole

An archaeological grid suspended and installed in a space, with a body and casted sculpture intervention

Documentation of an installation of an archaeological grid suspended and installed, with a hebel sculpture

A documentation of an archaeological grid, mapping the surface at a site with found materials

A durational piece of mapping and excavation of turf at a site, a circle looped trench with a body intervention

Returned turf after an excavation at a site

My work is a multi-faceted unearthing, mapping and excavation of space which I occupy.

I use enquiry through durational works, sculpture, print and site-specific intervention to unfold a spilling over of boundaries and betweenness. Intrinsically focusing on the horizontal and the vertical, I unearth a turning over of information, investigating gaps in the context of site.

Through concepts of archaeological gridding and mining I use excavating tools, digging holes and casting space as an enquiry for tracing betweenness. I attempt to merge boundaries by moulding negative space into positive space and combining the past, present and future. I acknowledge that capturing these gaps and between spaces are hard to grasp – I’ve been grappling with this unknowing since the beginning of my project. While I occupy space and land, I endeavour to make sense of these moments while accepting that I will never understand some aspects, nor will I have permission to.

Pointless Labour, 2020
Installation
2 hours

Unearthed: Day 5 37° 47’ 49” S 144° 59’ 42” E, 2020
Intervention/sculpture
5 days

Upside down Country, 2020
Installation, site-specific intervention

Upside down Country, 2020
Installation

Upside down Country, 2020
Installation, string, wood, hebel, rope
2 hours

Pointless Labour, 2020
Found materials at site, wood, steel
2100mm x 2100mm

In the folds, 2020
Excavation
5 hours

In the folds, 2020
Excavation
5 hours

*Honours project best experienced through the website olivialeighmorris.com