arteles_catalogue_2014

IN THE RESIDENCY
July 2014
“Grace Kingston is the child
of an Ancient Historian and
an Economist; born in 1987”
GRACE KINGSTON
Australia
gracekingston@gmail.com // www.gracekingston.com
I am a multidisciplinary artist whose work is primarily concerned
with technology and it’s intervention on our body, identity and
everyday life. I conduct research in the fields of social media,
digital culture, bodymod, networks, environments and spatialcontextual
awareness.
These themes have been employed through meticulously
constructed scenes that have been networked and suspended by
rope. In addition to working with the body as a site, object making,
photography, drawing and semi-permanent impositions on the
natural environment. I enjoy making and documenting scenes that
are unusual in their execution, yet surprising in their familiarity.
I often create works that use the data and symbols of our
online lives in the real world to consider how our identities and
interactions are evolving as technology becomes more prevalent,
and more personal. I am interested in Sherry Turkles notion of
being ‘alone together’ with technology, and where that might
lead in terms of privacy and intimacy. As the global community
grows closer, devices mediate more of our dealings with each
other and our opportunities for play and experimentation are
vastly increased. It is for this reason that my area of research is so
exciting and unpredictable.