Exposure - the film
Kate Dunn is a Sydney-based multidisciplinary artist whose practice explores contemporary Australian politics, identity and popular culture through sculpture, diorama, zine making and costume making.
In their practice, Dunn uses recycled and often overlooked materials as a means of pushing the boundaries of wearable art.
While often humourous and explorative in nature, Dunn contextualises their works in the context of global capitalism, using recycled materials as a means of highlighting the throwaway culture of the fashion industry.
Exposure is an experimental work exploring the experience of emerging artists trying to establish themselves in the artworld, amid the minefield of unsolicited career advice, small victories and many, many rejection letters.
Made primarily from the rejection letters received by the artist for arts jobes, prizes, residencies and exhibitions, Exposure is both sparse yet ornate. Both proud and vulnerable, the piece reflects the repeated process of exposure and rejection emerging artists engage in. It reframes this experience as a process of learning from past mistakes with a sense of pride and dignity.
Materials: Paper (printed rejection letters), papier maché, glue, modge podge, wire.