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Jodie Maurer
Location Mobile objects through out the CBD
Date November 2005

The project consists of 10 - 20 'heads' made from soft balls about 25cm in diameter, with a digital print of the artists sleeping face on. The “heads” are placed in various situations around the city such as bus seats, train stations, public spaces of waiting and meeting, and between physical structures. Negotiating public domains and passages , the dis-embodied head questions how the architecture of the city defines us. As an unconscious object in transition, it is struggling to find a sense of place, and inner peace.

Biography
Jodie Maurer is an artist who takes utility to kooky extremes. Using found objects as a foundation, sponge slabs and scourers evolve into uncanny dioramas, incorporating model-maker’s fi gurines to surreal effect. Used washing up sponges become varying states of fantastical grassy terrain, upon which nuns run for cover under palm trees; a sculptor tirelessly chisels a naked muse; and tiny astronauts navigate uncharted foam moonscapes. Humour and reverence inhabit Maurer's absurd and endearing microcosms of human existence. Her sculptures present frozen narrative moments, evoking mischievous and often macabre personal and collective histories. Executed in a naïve and unpolished fashion, the sculptures both refl ect and transcend their material properties, providing a playful window into which we can consider the ironic and poignant questions Maurer poses.


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