Blood on Silk A Robotic Surgical Tool Relaxes by Baking Bread, 2024, Paint and found object (an industrial aluminum bread baking tray) 70 x 40 x 4 (d) cm In this work I speculate about the possibility that a robotic means of facilitating surgery may require the supports often deemed desirable by humans, The [...]
Still from 2013, was this work, a commission for the foyer of the Science Building at Macquarie University in Sydney. That building is currently being renovated and the work is in storage. Details - 'Blood on Silk: Surgery' 2013, ribbon, canvas, paint and wood, 525 x 360 x 20cm (d) This work started from my examination [...]
'Blood on Silk: As Per Instructions I' 2013, canvas, paint and nails, 200 x 300 (h) x 70(d) cm An survey exhibition at Artspace of the work of Ian Milliss, titled 'Notes on the Works' included my work 'Blood on Silk: As per Instructions I' as one of a number of instructional works which had [...]
Once Upon a Time, Long Ago and Far Away: Part Four – Compliance, Wearing the Uniform of the Patient Chapter One The patient is told to take off their clothes and put on a worn, thin, and soft pale blue hospital gown. Death appears and challenges the patient to an egg and spoon race. Death [...]
Video still from the projection that is part of this layered performative lecture work following the patient pathway from going through the hospital doors to getting out again.
The Cover of the catalogue for the 2023 exhibition at the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre called Tracing the Rupture.
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.
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 [...]
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