Contrived relationships and the construction of meaning

a) Description of Studio Work My work as presented for examination consists of an installation comprising photographic and Video elements, exhibited at Sydney College of the Arts, December 6-17 2005. b) Abstract of Research Paper/ Dissertation My research addresses the construction of meaning in artistic texts. This paper explores the structural basis of the various narrative and aesthetic devices used by artists to simultaneously articulate and mystify works, and signposts the pretexts established by artists to enable artistic production. My research contends that meaning resides in the dialectical space between rational relations and irresoluble sequences, and in the audience’s construction of an idea of purposefulness in the reading of a text. It contends that conventionality is essential to meaning (if only to provide a framework for asserting deviance), and that meaning is always subject to revision. My research contends that art is not only an aesthetic and discursive activity, but also a kind of game where the rules keep changing