Journals 2012-2023, 2023, Large format prints of scanned journal pages
Journals 2012-2023, 2023, Large format prints of scanned journal pages
Journals 2012-2023 is an installation of large format prints detailing the personal and academic journals of the artist between the years 2012-2023. Each print is comprised of digitally layered scanned pages from a variety of physical journals, overlapping pages of text, diary entries, drawings and other scrapbooked media. In installation, the prints have also been worked over by the artist to layer additional pages physically over the large-scale prints, adding written text, images and tape to the work. The viewer is invited to step into the installation to read the journals of the artist.
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Olivia North is a Sydney-based artist working primarily in the realm of memory, documentation, and the body. Her work ranges from intimate photographic self-portraits to site-specific installations that explore concepts of the archive in a digital age. In her most current practice, Olivia draws from a personal collection of visual journals that she has created over most of her life to create an immersive tapestry that blends the mundane of everyday life with the artist’s creative inner self.