SHAE ROOKE

art by me >>> photography + video + installation art

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Too many platforms for me to keep up with! Head to my website for all my projects x www.shaerooke.com

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F*EMZ HOME: Online Launch

Hello! I have some works in the upcoming issue of F*EMS

‘Celebrate the launch of Issue 17 of F*EMS zine with an online exhibition & ‘house party’ of sorts! We will be hosting the event on the F*EMS zine Instagram page (@femszine), on Saturday the 29th of August 2-8pmWe'll be sharing and selling work online from a range of awesome Australian and international artists, & the event will also feature musical performances and readings!Of course, we will have plenty of brand new ‘Home’ themed issues of F*EMS, with copies available to purchase online.’

My works in this issue were created in a series of home-themed exhibitions curated by Jess Dubblu in 2018-19, alongside friends Narinda Cook, Lou Molesworth, Anne Kucera, Jess Dubblu and Hahna Read.

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H O M E 💜🌿

Where I’m staying for now. Can’t stop thinking about everyone still working in face to face roles - supermarkets, pharmacy, carers. It’s been a shock to lose my job from the effects of COVID-19 but I cant imagine actually being out there right now. Everyday fucking heroes. 🌟

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Install shots from ‘Nature Morte’ - commissioned for West Projections 2019 and exhibited in the construction zone of a developing building in Footscray. 

An animated collage of objects collected and inspired by the very space that ‘Nature Morte’ was presented.

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FLUORESCENCE: Art + Science + Play

Seeing the world unseen to the human eye. Workshops, glowing drawings covering everything and and a sci-fi garden exploring how fluorescence and the natural world interact. 

A collaboration between myself and Jess Dubblu inspired by and created with the amazing Dr Loz of SciencePlay Kids.

Commissioned for One Night in Footscray 2019 and presented at Bar Josephine.

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A new glowing project 🌟🧪🥀🖤

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FLUORESCENCE - One Night Only!

FRIDAY 22/11/19 at BAR JOSEPHINE as part of ONE NIGHT IN FOOTSCRAY

Artworks and workshops exploring the phenomenon of Fluorescence. A collaboration between me + Jess Dubblu + SciencePlay Kids. 

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EXHIBITION: 5pm – late Immerse yourself in Shae and Jess’s glowing sci-fi landscape installation. Spawned from reclaimed highlighters, expiring flowers and black lights, the process of fluorescence will illuminate the underlying cell structures of flower petals in a neon display. Discover further secret artworks hidden throughout the venue.

WORKSHOP FOR KIDS: 5.30pm – 6.pm Hosted by Dr. Loz discover the unseen around us. From household items to wild animals, we will discover what a slight change in perception reveals about our world.

WORKSHOP AFTER DARK: 9pm – 9.30pm As the night gets darker, this late session with Dr. Loz further explores the unseen worlds around us. Find out how fluorescence is part of the mating rituals of birds and gives that glow to your beverage.

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Nature Morte - a new project, exhibiting until 18th August x

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UPCOMING: Nature Morte

‘Nature Morte’ is an immersive new video installation by me ‘n Jess Wilson for upcoming video art festival, West Projections 10-18th August 2019.

More info coming soon!

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Images: Nature Morte Studies, Shae Rooke, 2019.

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IN DEVELOPMENT: Balloon / Nature Project

A test image for what will be my first solo video work for a while! I’m starting work on a video which captures a balloon garden as it deflates and morphs, my goal is to explore issues around the environment, waste, the natural world and human interruptions into the landscape. I’m excited about this! It’s a project that I’ve wanted to get into for ages but I feel like now I have the technical skills to pull it off as a video and am ready to get into research mode.

Wish me luck 🍀

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‘To Tread Lightly’ is a welcome mat made by me from hundreds of spiky thumbtacks. Looking at how words and symbols have the potential to be used in disingenuous and harmful ways, by both individuals and the larger structures that govern them.

Exhibited at Rubicon ARI as a part of group exhibition ‘Ghost Without a Home’ in January 2019.

'To Tread Lightly’ is available for purchase through my online shop (studio pickup only).

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UPCOMING EXHIBITION - Ghost Without a Home

Flying into the year with an exhibition straight up!!! ‘Ghost Without a Home’ - a group exhibition, opens January 16th at Rubicon ARI. Some words from curator Jess Wilson below.

‘Ghost Without a Home’

Underbelly blew up my house. My childhood home was a location for Fat Tony & Co. (2014). It played a  meth lab, which mum chose not to take personally. In early 2018 my childhood home was demolished (for real this time), to celebrate I invited my artist friends to create a loving sendoff. For one evening my parents opened up their home of over 30 years to some old friends and some strangers. We called it a ‘House Party’.

Now that the house is gone, our artworks have been cast adrift. 'Ghost Without a Home’ temporarily rehouses and reworks our artworks in a gallery space.

Artists: Jess Wilson, Narinda Cook, Hahna Read, Lou Molesworth, Shae Rooke, Anne Kucera

Image: Shae Rooke

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LAST BREATH - The Take Over

A few images from me n Jess Dubblu’s multimedia exhibition exploring the celebration, tension, creepiness and everyday amazingness of balloons as they wilt and die in ‘Last Breath’. See previous posts for more details!

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LAST BREATH - Objects

‘Tension Objects’ are a series of balloons squeezed into an everyday setting - moments of tension and discovery.

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Exhibited as a part of ‘Last Breath’ a collaborative multimedia project by Jess Dubblu and Shae Rooke, for One Night in Footscray Festival at Bar Josephine.

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LAST BREATH - Clippings

‘Clippings’ are unique shareable, wearable artworks - hand cut stickers to take home. Created from tiny test prints from the development of the exhibition ‘Last Breath’.

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Exhibited as a part of ‘Last Breath’ a collaborative multimedia project by Jess Dubblu and Shae Rooke, for One Night in Footscray Festival at Bar Josephine.

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LAST BREATH - Video Projection

‘The Blob’ is a short video capturing the anthropomorphic qualities of illuminated, deflated balloons and referencing vintage horror films.

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Exhibited as a part of ‘Last Breath’ a collaborative multimedia project by Jess Dubblu and Shae Rooke, for One Night in Footscray Festival at Bar Josephine.

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LAST BREATH - Twisted Balloon Installation

Our as yet un-named balloon installation. A nook to curl up in, an immersive hanging garden - created from a mass of illuminated twisted balloons.

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Exhibited as a part of ‘Last Breath’ a collaborative multimedia project by Jess Dubblu and Shae Rooke, for One Night in Footscray Festival at Bar Josephine.

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Biodegradable latex balloons, twisted by balloon extraordinaire Twisted Mick. The balloons from this installation will be re-used for future artworks.