Michaela Gleave
Model for the end of the universe
As a series of experiments, Michaela’s often-temporal works question our relationship to time, matter and space.
Model for the end of the universe 1: circular motion/big crunch
2013
Event-based score: Lambda print on photographic rag paper
29.7 x 42 cm (paper)
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Model for the end of the universe 2: big freeze/heat death
2013
Event-based score: Lambda print on photographic rag paper
29.7 x 42 cm
Edition 2/4
Model for the end of the universe 3: multiverse/false vacuum
2013
Event-based score: Lambda print on photographic rag paper
29.7 x 42 cm
Edition 2/4
Model for the end of the universe 4: singularity/big rip
2013
Event-based score: Lambda print on photographic rag paper
29.7 x 42 cm
Edition 2/4
About
Michaela Gleave’s Model for the end of the universe series depicts four possible scenarios for the end of everything. Drawing from current scientific hypotheses and presented as ‘scores’ – implying a performance or musical composition – the series brings imagined beauty and humour to understandings of the end of time.
Michaela Gleave is an installation and performance artist whose practice investigates the physicality of perception and interrogates the systems and structures through which we construct our image of reality.
Gleave has participated in residency programs in New York, Tokyo, Berlin, Iceland and regional Australia, including being resident artist with the CSIRO’s Astronomy and Space Science division during 2012-13. Her recent exhibitions include Trace: Performance and its Documents at the Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (2014);A Day is Longer than a Year at the Fremantle Arts Centre, Western Australia (2013); Our Frozen Moment at Performance Space, Sydney, 2012; We Are Made of Stardust (solo) as part of Art Futures at the Hong Kong Art Fair, 2012; Octopus 11: The Matter of Air at Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne, 2011; A Perfect Day to Chase Tornadoes (White) at the Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin, 2010; and Primavera 09 at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2009.
Presented as part of: Experimenta Recharge: 6th International Biennial of Media Art, which toured Australia in 2014–2016.
The Artist
Michaela Gleave
Michaela Gleave is a contemporary artist who's conceptually driven practice spans numerous mediums and platforms including digital and online works, installation, performance, photography, sculpture, and video.