We acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Owners of the lands upon which our campus is situated, the people of the Boon Wurrung and Woi Wurrung, who have created art, made music and told their stories here for thousands of generations. We also acknowledge and extend our respect to the Traditional Owners of all lands on which our work is viewed, shared and enjoyed, and to all Elders, past, present and emerging.

VCA Art 2023

Honours

My work is a product of my personal journey as an adopted Korean male living in Australia. Working through large scale linocut prints, I use the materiality of silk as a reference to the ghost of my Korean self, which haunts my identity. The apparitional layering of the silk, holds contradictions, reflecting the dichotomies of my tangible yet alien connection to Korea. Combining imagery of dance, movement, music and war, I interrogate the source of the constant noise in my mind, to understand if it is possible to exorcise the ghost that haunts me. This idea of inner conflict and the medium of printmaking share a materiality, where my gesture and line work attempts to embody a chaotic tension.

James Farrar