Dear Creative Australia's ISCP Assessment Panel,
Please find support material here:
- 1 x Art Practice video, 4 mins.
- 2 x audio: 3 mins 30 sec
- 2 x video: 2 mins 30 sec (Total 10 mins)
- 10 x images,
- 4 x exhibition review pdfs (Total 10 pages)
My approach: ADHD, Colonial Portraiture, Piths, Balaclavas & KKK's visual similarity and Multidisciplinary Paper Paintings. Duration: 4 mins.
Regalis Gemmiferus, 2024,
acrylic paint on xuan paper with accompanying AI voice via QR code
(H) 90 x (W) 90 cm
Regalis Gemmiferus AI Voice
Labourer No. 38, 2024,
mixed media on xuan paper and bamboo
accompanied by AI voice in Javanese (from Rudi Hendriatno’s text translation of Mah's poem)
via QR code
Open-source Gamelan music
(H) 65 x (W) 26 x (D) 15 cm
Labourer No.38 AI Audio
I Secure My Place Whilst Disregarding Others (Capt. J. Cook), 2024,
acrylic paint and gold foil on xuan paper
(H) 90 x (W) 60 cm
Empire Builder (Private John Sainsbury), 2024
acrylic paint on xuan paper
(H) 75 x (W) 50 cm
Empire Builder (Private William Wickham), 2024
acrylic paint on xuan paper
(H) 75 x (W) 50 cm
Empire Builder, 2024
acrylic paint on xuan paper
(H) 40 x (W) 26 cm
The Gift, 2024
acrylic paint on xuan paper
(H) 71 x (W) 50 cm
Dear Right Honourable Lord Hastings, 2024
oil and mixed media on xuan paper
(H) 60 x (W) 90 cm
Secret Letter to a Friend in Banjarmasin, 2024
oil and mixed media on xuan paper
(H) 35 x (W) 59 x (D) 3 cm
The road-kill I saw leaving Koorabup (Denmark, Western Australia) and later in my mind, 2023
acrylic paint, mixed media, print, xuan paper, bamboo,
(H) 16 x (W) 86 x (D) 40 cm
Trollus Negatorius 20240826, Australis, 2024,
acrylic paint and bamboo on xuan paper with QR code to accompanying AI voice,
(H) 37 x (W) 15 x (D) 20 cm,
Duration: 30 secs
acrylic paint and bamboo on xuan paper with QR code to accompanying AI voice,
(H) 37 x (W) 15 x (D) 20 cm,
Duration: 30 secs
*unmute volume on video to access audio
And Did Those Feet in Ancient Time
2024, Digital Video Art, Audio: Hubert Parry's Jerusalem (Open-Source)
*Please play 2 mins only
2024, Digital Video Art, Audio: Hubert Parry's Jerusalem (Open-Source)
*Please play 2 mins only
Reviews
Jorgenson D., Hollow Icons: Desmond Mah at Mossenson, Dispatch Review, 23 Oct 2024, 2 pages
Jorgenson D., Hollow Icons: Desmond Mah at Mossenson, Dispatch Review, 23 Oct 2024, 2 pages
Morelli N., Twisted Bodies Tell Their Tales, Curatorial Essay, 27 Aug 2024, 3 pages
Beard S., Paper Trails Between Lion and Swan, Dispatch Review, 27 July 2024, 2 pages
Beard S., Transmutations, Dispatch Review, 23 June 2023, 3 pages