Kitt (Kierah) Falkner Babbel
Logic includes nonsense as long as it can tell the truth. The logic of nonsense…
- Timothy Morton
Attempting to define 'good' art soon becomes an attempt to define 'good' actions, 'good' personhood, 'good' life. My approach to ‘goodness’ involves investigating the ethical, political, philosophical and bureaucratic complexities of making art, being an artist and engaging with art environments.
My graduate work, Gradusaurus Spectacular, was inspired by Robert Venturi’s Learning from Las Vegas, and the Duck Building Theory of architecture designed to be understood at 100mph. By engaging directly with the ulterior motives and thinking embedded in both myself and the exhibition context — part debutant, part competitions, part advertisement — I hope to instigate and mediate critical reflection on the functions and boundaries of ‘good’ art in a graduate context. If Gradusaurus Spectacular evokes approval from crowds and loved ones, entry into the VCA honours program, and a research scholarship, is it ‘good’?
Kitt (Kierah) Falkner Babbel, Gradusaurus Spectacular, Cardboard and PVA. Image Courtesy: University of Melbourne.
Kitt (Kierah) Falkner Babbel, Gradusaurus Spectacular, Cardboard and PVA. Image Courtesy: University of Melbourne.
Robert Venturi, Duck Building; Architecture Designed to be Understood at 100 MPH, from Learning from Las Vegas, MIT Press, 1972.
Kitt Falkner Babbel, Life Plan, Jpg of text document, 2023.
Kitt Falkner Babbel, QR, Jpg of QR code to reading list google drive, 2023.
Faculty of Fine Arts and Music
University of Melbourne