A collection of things, souls, and stories. It lives in a storage space, decorated to resemble an antique or curio store. This invokes associations with the history of the objects, and their lives, whether known to people or not. The essential component of the work has become the process of becoming. The Imbuement. These elements are mostly in the realm of objects. The work creates a feeling of sonder (the realisation everyone you pass on the street has a life equally as rich and complex as your own,) but subverts this from a human-centric concept to an object-based one. It is comprised of a collection of items, some deeply important to me, some not. If everyone leaves the space experiencing a different outcome, a different hidden element, a different curiosity, a moment just for them to take with them on their journey through life, the working souls inside the objects will have provided all I wish for them to. It is a symbiosis between the viewer and the object, the thing.
Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours)
Jewellery
Evangeline McGowan Braithwaite, New Contemporaries, 2024, installation Photo: Document Photography
Evangeline McGowan Braithwaite, New Contemporaries, 2024, installation Photo: Document Photography
Imbument, 2024, Varied, found and created objects
Evangeline is an interdisciplinary artist living and practicing on Gadigal land. She explores object based art, diving into material inquiry of everyday items. These material explorations create an intimate point of relation. Working with objects, ceramics, wood, and jewellery, the resulting works aims to encourage questions around material value. Drawing in the rich histories of vintage inclusions and curios evokes a feeling of nostalgia, curiosity and whimsy throughout her practice.