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A work in search of a name

The second part of this work hanging about one metre below the bag attached to the body. The current name which reflects on what I feel is the clunkiness of the design of many medical devices is pedestrian and the work needs a new name.

What should be simple doesn’t always work that way.

What should be simple doesn’t always work that way (detail), 2023, aluminum gilding and found objects, 150cm(h) x 30 cm x 10cm What should be simple doesn’t always work that way is a work I produced for a show at Articulate Project Space in Sydney, Australia around the theme of connection. For the mechanical connecting [...]

Group Exhibition at Everglades in Leura Australia, ‘Image Word Object’.

My work is on the right hand side of this photograph. Fiona Davies has made many objects documenting personal and family histories and traumas. Her work ranges over multiple media including mixed media installation, video, still images, texts and games that invite the public to engage in the process of creativity and discovery of personal [...]

From the Italian contemporary textile art magazine, ArteMorbida, an interview by Barbara Pavan about my art practice.

https://www.artemorbida.com/fiona-davies/

Reports that we’re still without a viable synthetic blood substitute.

In an article published on the 15th December 2021 the writer Benjamin Plackett outlined the current position on the viability of producing synthetic blood or blood products ethically and successfully. Really interesting and reinforces my view that blood is amazing. http://www.insidescience.org/news/whats-stopping-scientists-making-viable-synthetic-blood The article states 'The pursuit of these lab-made blood products has branched into two [...]

I’m presenting at the Fourth Parse biennial research Conference.

Catch my presentation at the Violence: fourth PARSE biennial research conference at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Blood on Silk: The Uniform of the Patient

New work in progress Blood on Silk: The Uniform of the Patient, focusing on the knot tied usually loosely at the back of the hospital gown in order to maintain the privacy of the patient. The fabrics chosen for this project range from translucent silk mesh, to thin white cotton and a more solid hospital [...]

February 2021

Blood on Silk Work in Progress – A stop motion set developed for the video work, Medicinae Vehementi. 2021, balsa, galvanised sheet metal, paint, resin and light. The meditative hour-long video work will focus on the emotional landscape of surviving the night, of being deprived of sleep, and of hearing the suffering of others. The [...]