The COFA Annual 2013

A Second Chance, 2013, Tree Branch, Automated Fans, Dimensions Variable. Photo: Silversalt

  • The Distance Between Us, 2013, Inkjet Prints, 184.5 X 45.5cm, Series Of 6, Edition Of 3 + Ap. Photography: Jack L. Dunbar

  • The Distance Between Us, 2013, Inkjet Prints, 184.5 X 45.5cm, Series Of 6, Edition Of 3 + Ap. Photography: Jack L. Dunbar

  • It’S All Inside You, Everything, 2013, Conch Shell, Audio, Dimensions Variable. Photography: Jack L. Dunbar

  • It’S All Inside You, Everything, 2013, Conch Shell, Audio, Dimensions Variable. Photography: Jack L. Dunbar

  • It’S All Inside You, Everything, 2013, Conch Shell, Audio, Dimensions Variable. Photography: Jack L. Dunbar

  • Don’T Forget Where You Came From, 2013, C Type Prints, 20 X 20cm, Series Of 2, Edition Of 1. Photography: Jack L. Dunbar

  • I’M Still Falling, 2013, Super 8 Film Transferred To Dvd, 116sec Loop, Edition Of 3 + Ap. Photography: Jack L. Dunbar

  • With The Force Of A Thousand Suns, 2013, Meteorite, Glass, Metal, Mdf, Dimensions Variable. Photography: Jack L. Dunbar

  • With The Force Of A Thousand Suns, 2013, Meteorite, Glass, Metal, Mdf, Dimensions Variable. Photography: Jack L. Dunbar

  • A Second Chance, 2013, Tree Branch, Automated Fans, Dimensions Variable. Photo: Silversalt

  • A Second Chance, 2013, Tree Branch, Automated Fans, Dimensions Variable. Photo: Silversalt

  • I Wonder How Close I Can Get To You Without Being Near You, 2013, Vintage Postcard, Contemporary Postcard And Artists’ Own C Type Photograph Of Gullfoss Waterfall, Blue Metal Rail Ballast, Metal Pole, Chain, Dimensions Variable, Edition Of 3 + Ap. Photo:

  • I Wonder How Close I Can Get To You Without Being Near You, 2013, Vintage Postcard, Contemporary Postcard And Artists’ Own C Type Photograph Of Gullfoss Waterfall, Blue Metal Rail Ballast, Metal Pole, Chain, Dimensions Variable, Edition Of 3 + Ap. Photo:

  • I Wonder How Close I Can Get To You Without Being Near You, 2013, Vintage Postcard, Contemporary Postcard And Artists’ Own C Type Photograph Of Gullfoss Waterfall, Blue Metal Rail Ballast, Metal Pole, Chain, Dimensions Variable, Edition Of 3 + Ap

  • I’M Still Falling, 2013, Super 8 Film Transferred To Dvd, 116sec Loop, Edition Of 3 + Ap

  • A Second Chance, 2013, Tree Branch, Automated Fans, Dimensions Variable

Gemma Messih
Bachelor of Fine Arts

A second chance, 2013, Tree branch, automated fans, Dimensions variable. Photo: Silversalt
A second chance keeps a eucalyptus branch moving in a re-creation of the same breeze it experienced moments before it was cut down. Using four fans an initial 30 seconds of observation was expanded into 30 minutes.

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