Jacqueline Felstead

Joining us From: Melbourne, Australia

On Loom: 1

Tell us about yourself and what led to the Residency?

I am a multidisciplinary visual artist from Melbourne, Australia (Naarm). I am thrilled to be making new artwork at Praxis and reconnecting with such a great organisation. I work across digital fabrication, textiles, photogrammetry, moving image and public engagement. I am interested in the relationship between simulated environments and lived experience and focus upon contemporary perception, publicly contested space and empathy. At Praxis I am experimenting weaving 3-dimensional objects and spaces. This project is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.

Have you had any previous experience with Digital Weaving or Jacquard?

I have some previous experience with the TC2. I also undertook online coursework with Cathryn at Praxis which has been really helpful.

Any goals for the residency you'd like to share?

My cunning plan is to create large multi-colour artworks for exhibition which experiment with weaving 3-dimensional objects and spaces while honing new skills. The particular TC2 I am using gives me the unique opportunity to to realise works of substantial scale. I am excited weaving and I can come up with great imaginative projects but I easily gloss over the hours of labour and patience required in execution. One work is nearly 8000 pics with 4 colours that can go awry which is going to be quite the task.

Connect with Jackie:

@jacqueline_felstead jackie@jacquelinefelstead.com