NEW SENSATIONS 2012

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Olivia Hassett Born in Ireland. Lives in: Dublin National College of Art&Design,Dublin The main objective in Olivia Hassetts practice is to create phenomenological environments and experiences for the viewer. This proposes to question understandings of what is means to be human, viscerally alive and if only for a brief time outside the constraints imposed by society. Hassetts practice has always been a hybrid one between art and human biology. More recently it has expanded to include the medical body and is also the abject body; the feelings of anxiety and disgust that the visceral fragile body engenders. Through various artistic mediums such as installation, performance, sound and video I have and continue to explore the human body's potential to be simultaneously grotesque and sublime.

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Work of art I would like to make Having just completed my Masters of Fine Art Sculpture in the National College of Art and Design, Dublin I undertook the development and installation of a large phenomenological work for the final exhibition. The overarching aim of the piece was to offer the participant a visceral experience. This piece spanned and extended beyond the windows and doors of one of the classrooms in a disused school building c.(10m2). The main sculptural element of the installation consisted of two large foam and material covered welded steel sculptures. Various other vibrantly coloured sculptural elements were connected and extended by different tubings. The installation also included coloured lighting, two sound pieces, two motorised sculptures and two videos, which were embedded inside sculptures and were viewable through large tubes. A water retaining gel was heaped up inside the sink and the large sculptural element, seeming to seep and leak. I propose to continue developing the sculptural elements alongside the video, sound and motorised aspects of my practice. I am aware that my current practice, which develops large phenomenological installations, poses challenges to displaying in gallery and group settings. As it is my aim to develop a versatile and vibrant practice I propose to create smaller more compact works while still retaining the overall aims and concerns of the practice. These pieces/ groups of different elements would be devised so that they could stand alone and also be part of a larger group exhibition.

My Artworks (6) Click on the images to enlarge