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The Living Archive

Artist · Researcher · Collector

Research journals commenced 2008
46 volumes · continuing
Bachelor · First Class Honours · Master of Arts
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Featured Collection 01 · Objects of Memory
A faithful record of the evolution of an artistic practice.
Featured Collection 01

Objects of Memory

These familiar vessels, books and domestic interiors recur throughout the practice. They are not decorative motifs but companions in a sustained enquiry into memory, place and attention. Their repeated appearance across photographs, journals and studio studies reveals an evolving relationship between everyday objects, domestic space and lived experience.

Founding Charter

A lifetime of seeing, thinking and making.

The Living Archive is a continuously evolving record of artistic practice.

It documents how ideas become artworks through research, reflection, making, collecting and lived experience. Rather than presenting finished works in isolation, it reveals the intellectual, visual and material processes that give rise to them.

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CENTRAL PRACTICE

The Studio

Studio Practice Diary · daily making, reflection and next steps.

No studio entries yet
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2008–CONTINUING

The Library

Forty-six Research Journals, reading and theory.

Foundation set indexed: RJ-001 to RJ-008
03
VISUAL RESEARCH

The Cabinet

Visual influences, artists, objects and collected ideas.

A Visual Influences section in every journal
04
PUBLIC PRACTICE

The Gallery

Bodies of work, photographs, projects and exhibitions.

Works connected to their research lineage
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WRITTEN PRACTICE

The Study

Writing, website, publications and PhD development.

Academic, curatorial and public audiences
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PRIMARY SOURCES

The Archive

The complete preserved record from 2008 onwards.

Original files preserved and linked
The Centre

The Living Studio

The active record of making, reading, collecting and reflection.

Today's PracticeThe Living Archive
Current QuestionHow do ordinary domestic objects become repositories of memory?
Current ReadingGaston Bachelard — The Poetics of Space
Next ActionContinue the Studio Practice Diary.
Studio Practice Diary

The working page at the centre of the archive.

This is the continuous record of what is being made, what is being questioned, what is being read and what happens next. Each entry can later connect to Research Journals, visual influences, projects, works and public writing.

Today's Studio

Practice Timeline

Today's page is waiting for the next observation.

Every artwork begins as an accumulation of small observations. The Studio preserves those observations before they become exhibitions, publications or collections.
On the Desk

Today's visual field

Practice Constellation

Connected Today

2008 — Continuing

The Library

Forty-six Research Journals, reading and theory.

Visual Research Archive

The Cabinet

Artists, objects, architecture, images, design and recurring themes.

Collected Seeing

Visual Influences

Every Research Journal contains a Visual Influences section. Here those references become a connected personal history of seeing.

Artists

The artists who recur across the journals and studio practice.

Objects

Domestic objects, collected forms and material culture.

Architecture

Interiors, spaces and buildings that shape the work.

Themes

Identity, masculinity, memory, interiors, colour, collecting and more.

Writing · Website · Publications · PhD

The Study

The place where practice is articulated for academic, curatorial and public audiences.

Written Practice

Research & Publication

Academic writing, website essays, PhD development and curatorial presentation all draw from the same underlying archive.

PhD Development

Research questions, proposal material and practice evidence.

Academic Writing

Essays, exegesis, papers and critical reflection.

Website

Writing for academic and casual audiences.

Curatorial Portfolio

A presentation of the continuity, depth and value of the practice.

Primary Sources

The Archive

The complete preserved record from 2008 onwards.

Preservation

Original files remain intact.

Future indexes, annotations and connections should always lead back to the source material. Browser tools can export records, while Chrome or Edge can also save directly into a chosen local folder.

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Research Journals

Forty-six volumes and continuing.

Studio Practice Diaries

The central working record.

Visual Research

Artists, images, objects and influences.

Writing & PhD

Academic, curatorial and public texts.

Wall Text
These familiar vessels, books and domestic interiors recur throughout the practice. They are not decorative motifs but companions in a sustained enquiry into memory, place and attention.
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