Lisa Clunie
'Diagram of Forces'
Photospace Gallery,
23rd May-21st June 2014

Artist statement

I like to think of how almost everything on this planet was once formed at the heart of a star. Similar to the elasticity of time experienced in a daydream, the photograph allows us to still time just enough to catch a glimpse of these celestial origins and otherwise hidden forces at play. A burgeoning quince pulled toward the earth reminds us of the force of gravity. We pause and may become aware of our own various temporalities. We find constellations in our freckles and can consider our place in the Universe.

Lisa Clunie - 'Stromlo'

Lisa Clunie - 'Gravity'

Lisa Clunie - artist info

Lisa Clunie lives and works in Northland New Zealand. Lisa exhibits regularly and currently teaches photography at NorthTec in Whangarei.

She recently completed her Masters of Philosophy at The Australian National University, preceded by her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Otago Polytechnic in 1996.

Lisa's photographic practice is largely film based. Underpinned by interests in metaphysics and the complexity of time, her photographs quietly assert that we live our lives amidst an active play of forces.

Lisa Clunie - Untitled, 2010

Lisa Clunie - 'First Light'

Lisa Clunie - 'Untitled (after Moholy Nagy) XIII and XIV' - unique silver gelatin prints