IN CONVERSATION: SUSANNA CASTLEDEN + KIT MESSHAM-MUIR

Susanna Castleden is a contemporary artist and academic whose work addresses questions around the psychological dimensions of human mobility.

Taking a very particular approach to printmaking, Castleden is known for creating large one-to-one scale rubbings of the equipment and infrastructure that enables our travel. In a time when travel has not been possible for most Western Australians, her most recent work ‘1:1 Wind Turbine’ reorientates her focus to the generation of renewable energy in the state. The work captures in life-size the rotating tip of a colossal wind turbine blade and brings it into a relatable human scale.

Throughout the creative process, art theorist Kit Messham-Muir interviewed the artist as the work developed. The Energaia exhibition at the John Curtin Gallery includes both Castleden’s large work ‘1:1 Wind Turbine’ and the video ‘Making 1:1 Wind Turbine’, a collaboration with Messham-Muir and the StudioCrasher project.

In this gallery talk, Susanna Castleden will discuss her ‘1:1 Wind Turbine’ in conversation with Kit Messham-Muir. She will discuss how her ideas for this project developed and the methods that emerged in dealing with the natural and human-made forces of a wind farm.

Speakers

Associate Professor Susanna Castleden is Acting Dean of Research, Humanities. Professor Kit Messham-Muir is Professor of Art in the School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry.