got word that i will be included in a group show at monash university's art and design faculty gallery some time in august. very excited and humbled to be included - curated by michael vale, my first and second year painting lecturer. a true 'teacher' in the actual sense of the word and someone who inspires, motivates and energises. something of a rarity in the analytical/critical deconstructionist environs of an academic art school.
i have started thinking about investigating economic matters as part of my art work. i recently saw a documentary about the battle between rational economics and behavioural economics. in essence, these differing approaches to understanding market systems come down to, on the one side, a mathematical rationalisation of economic activities, able to be articulated accurately in repeatable formulas, and, on the other hand, an acceptance that economic patterns and activities can only be understood with an appreciation of the irrational behaviours humans can elicit in particularly economic conditions.
much of my early education was in these fields - economics, accounting, management practice and marketing. i've always been conscious that that knowledge base feeds into my art practice and at some point may come more to the fore of my concerns. my renewed interest in systems synthesis is perhaps stimulating this even more at the moment.
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