Leslie Eastman
Exhibitions
Leslie Eastman is a visual artist and academic based in Naarm, Melbourne, whose work explores themes of perception, site-specific installation, and socio-political commentary through mixed media -drawing, video, sculpture, and light-based installations.
I wish to honour and pay my respects to the traditional owners and custodians of the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nations, where I live and work. Also, to the Wada wurrung, Djab Warung peoples of what is now known as Ballarat, and the Bindal and Wulgurukaba People of what is known as the Townsville area in the north east of this continent where I spent my teenage years.
I also extend my respects and good wishes to all peoples who live with the consequences of European colonialism.
Scan
Studio 12, Gertrude Contemporary, 1996
The audience’s encounter becomes the subject of a work that is completed in the moment of its contemplation by each viewer. My underlying intention in this work was to slow the viewing moment. Only by remaining stationary could the viewer see through the reflective surface, Scan utilised light responsive mirrored film and lighting activated through movement. The virtual and actual views of the architecture of the room intersected and were layered. Scan was the sketch for the Visible and the Invisible and the performative response from viewers of the work has informed subsequent projects.
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