“Art is the tool for innovation that can create real-life impact and is essential to the new creative economy. Creativity and innovation are now the core tools in a global economy dependent on growth. The booming art and design industry confirms this – creative industries contribute billions of dollars to Australia’s economy. Progressive, imaginative thinking is in demand across major professional fields, like education, health, commercial/commerce and entertainment, and artists are playing important roles in shaping creative endeavour in these areas. Being creative makes a significant contribution to contemporary art and culture, nationally and internationally as artists, craftspeople, visual thinkers, and cultural managers. This semester is about really developing WHO the student is as a creative thinker and WHAT do they want to express visually.” – VIS3020 course content overview

This semester’s approach was a research-driven process of art practice. It was comprised of 3 artistic outcomes that were informed by a personally determined concept formed around the research on artists, theorists, philosophers and creative thinkers. As I am a queer person, discussions around queer theory, queer creators, gender performativity, and phantasms arose as the primary topics for the outcomes I produced.