synapse

synapse is a woven 9.4 x 3.64 metre sculpture suspended by 5 tethers in the atrium of Ngoolark building 34, ECU Campus Joondalup. It is lit by digital projection in collaboration with Sohan Hayes [CIA studios]. The theme of synapse is crossdisciplinarity with a visual manifestation of neural pathways and connections with light paths generated from data derived from the University Library.

The artwork is a collaboration between the sculptor and the media artist working in conjunction with the project team led by Libby Guj [jcy].

synapse is woven with 4 kilometres and 314 kilograms of stainless steel wire, drawn and embossed with Kevin Burnett at the Red Falcon Iron Works

synapse modelling

synapse was woven at the stusha studio newcastle street space with coweavers Devan Baker and Thomas Shaw and assembled in the atrium space during the build

Ngoolark building 34, ECU Campus Joondalup was designed by JCY Architects under the direction of Libby Guj.

pillars of light

pillars of light are a series of three landmarks in armadale, western australia. They are pellucid plexiglass towers lit with leds.

pillars of light

pillars of light

esperance doll

esperance dolls are a series of sock dolls in response to the lead contamination in esperance, western australia. The dolls include port workers and bird collectors.

esperance doll

feltman

biodiversity science centre artwork

In Greek mythology, Proteus had the power to know but would assume different shapes to evade giving out answers. The Proteaceae family contains the Banksia and Hakea genus and is named after this idea of changing shape [protean], since the leaf forms differ between juvenile and mature.

The artwork presents a changing Proteus to capture the nature of knowledge and the work of the Science Centre: A solid pod with glass lenses, a wire frame of woven stainless steel and a form made of mist. The diverse pieces are set out on that section of the phylogeny chart that maps the Proteaceae family. The chart is inlayed in the Marri floor and extends out into the courtyard to the mist piece.

For the visitor, the artwork encourages investigation and to experience the feeling of discovery when the story of Proteus, the interrelationship between the objects and the phylogeny chart is revealed. For the occupants the artwork places Proteus in residence – someone who knows that in an unknown state the known is within and for you to expect discovery.

western australian conservation science centre artwork
department of environment and conservation + ferguson architects

kensington, western australia
2008 – 2011

proteus part one

proteus part one

proteus part two

proteus part three

proteus part three

midland ingot

midland ingot is made from steel gathered from the midland railway workshops and cast in an open pour at wundowie foundry.

midland ingot

midland ingot

midland ingot

emit gauge

the emit gauge measures time as fuel [finite].  It is a jump hour chronograph with minutes and seconds that count down.

emit gauge by andrew stumpfel is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Based on a work at stusha.com.
Permissions beyond the scope of this license is available. Please contact stusha.com.

book

book design perth publication design perth artist digital printing perth western australia

wedge night

The Indian Ocean Drive opened in September 2010 and with it, it opened the wedge settlement to the observer effect – which refers to changes that observation will make on the phenomenon being observed. These images are a survey of shacks and the environment of the unique wedge habitat. The wedge night images were shot during one full and two blue moons in the winter of 2012.

wedge night is available for preview on blurb:

http://www.blurb.com/books/3532332

wedge night

wedge night

wedge night

wedge night

stusha studio stump artwork

book is available for preview on blurb:

http://www.blurb.com/books/6246145-stump

stusha studio stump artworks

stusha studio graphics book is available for preview on blurb:

http://www.blurb.com/books/5451290-stusha-studio-2d

stusha studio graphics

kensington night

Just like in Proof – a black comedy about a blind man who takes photographs in Jocelyn Moorhouse’s 1991 debut feature – these
photographs are taken blind in the dark.

The camera sees in the dark and reveals the universe of a suburb of Perth, Western Australia.

kensington night is available for preview on blurb:

http://www.blurb.com/books/3158505

kensington night

kensington night

kensington night

rottnest night

The supermoon [ lunar perigee or perigee syzygy moon ] occurs once every 412 days, or so, when its orbit brings it closest to the earth [ 356,953 km ]. When it coincides with

a full moon it is called a super perigee moon. On 5 may 2012 we shot rottnest with a 14% larger and 30% brighter moon.

people who were there:

kevin burnett
paul dennis
pauline franklyn
ursula shaw
karen snowball
tom vanderveen
stump

rottnest night is available for preview on blurb:

http://www.blurb.com/books/3320675

rottnest night

glass manifesto cleaver street

glass manifesto + stusha studio worked on the proteus project in 2010. In 2011 glass manifesto deconstructed the cleaver street studio. Images of constructions and the deconstruction documents that period of time.

glass manifesto cleaver street is available for preview on blurb:

http://www.blurb.com/books/3317427

glass manifesto cleaver street