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Sarah Goffman

Country(activity based)：
Australia
Genre：
Site-specific installation

Profile

Born in Sydney, educated in London, New York, Geneva and Vienna.  Graduated from the National Art School, Sydney in 1994 and working in the arts ever since.  Have exhibited widely around Australia and internationally.  Co-director of elastic projects, an artists run initiative in Sydney, from 2000.  Blogger and arts activist, participant and collaborator.

About works / performance

I describe myself as a forensic garbologist of the everyday.  I tell stories through the accumulation and arrangement of objects.   I work with what is existing, modifying it and interacting with it.



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Comment

I am interested in the idea of a disposable society where consumption is based on supply and demand. I collect discarded objects and create narratives that engage with a multitude of concepts, focusing on the here and now, the past and potentially the future. I both preserve and convert throwaways, adhering an amended narrative. The responsibility of artists is to hold a mirror to what goes on in society and I am interested in what effect consumption has on our lifestyle.
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