SCULPTURE
SCULPTURE
PAINT & INK
PAINT & INK
PAINT & INK
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THE NATURE OF WANTING - ARTIST STATEMENT
‘The Nature of Wanting’ is a body of work that addresses the unsustainable consumption of the human race. As a species people continuously process resources of social, environmental and economic value with little regard for the future. Materials are extracted, refined and transformed into fleeting 'objects of desire'. Though a face-paced lifestyle only encourages a focus on the final product, their consumers have become detached from the process that created them. Resulting in a reduced appreciation between these 'objects of desire' and the methods used to create them. A disassociation that contributes to a wasteful attitude towards both labour and environmental resources.
This exhibition explores human body as a machine that seeks out and consumes through unsustainable resource gathering processes. Representing all 'objects of desire' is a small stepped pyramid that appears in several of the works. Whether through representation or suggestion, human presence provides context and narrative for this pyramid to generate discussion of humanity’s consumption habits.
THE NATURE OF WANTING - ARTIST STATEMENT
‘The Nature of Wanting’ is a body of work that addresses the unsustainable consumption of the human race. As a species people continuously process resources of social, environmental and economic value with little regard for the future. Materials are extracted, refined and transformed into fleeting 'objects of desire'. Though a face-paced lifestyle only encourages a focus on the final product, their consumers have become detached from the process that created them. Resulting in a reduced appreciation between these 'objects of desire' and the methods used to create them. A disassociation that contributes to a wasteful attitude towards both labour and environmental resources.
This exhibition explores human body as a machine that seeks out and consumes through unsustainable resource gathering processes. Representing all 'objects of desire' is a small stepped pyramid that appears in several of the works. Whether through representation or suggestion, human presence provides context and narrative for this pyramid to generate discussion of humanity’s consumption habits.
THE NATURE OF WANTING - ARTIST STATEMENT
‘The Nature of Wanting’ is a body of work that addresses the unsustainable consumption of the human race. As a species people continuously process resources of social, environmental and economic value with little regard for the future. Materials are extracted, refined and transformed into fleeting 'objects of desire'. Though a face-paced lifestyle only encourages a focus on the final product, their consumers have become detached from the process that created them. Resulting in a reduced appreciation between these 'objects of desire' and the methods used to create them. A disassociation that contributes to a wasteful attitude towards both labour and environmental resources.
This exhibition explores human body as a machine that seeks out and consumes through unsustainable resource gathering processes. Representing all 'objects of desire' is a small stepped pyramid that appears in several of the works. Whether through representation or suggestion, human presence provides context and narrative for this pyramid to generate discussion of humanity’s consumption habits.
Harrison Waed See
WRITING (ARTS AND CREATIVE RESEARCH)
FOR ALL ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7349-0077
Collaborative art practice towards understanding and connection: co-imagining worlds through Reciprocal Painted Storytelling
See, H. W. (2025). Collaborative art practice towards understanding and connection: co-imagining worlds through Reciprocal Painted Storytelling (RPS). In Coleman, K., Cook, P. J., Healy, S., & MacDonald, A. (Eds.), International Journal of Learning through art: Speculative pasts and pedagogical imaginaries (G. Coutts, Exec. Ed.), (pp. 382–391). The International Society for Education Through Art (InSEA).10.24981/2025-LTASPPI. Book: https://www.insea.org/publications/books/; Chapter: https://8ce8c10c-dd06-4971-afc2-98c6f3bc473e.filesusr.com/ugd/295c53_87f91ca2198e4e4aa3dd5e5b33cc3554.pdf
A Ramble on Prayer: a collaboration between an artist and a writer
Adji, A. N., & See, H. W. (2025). A Ramble on Prayer: a collaboration between an artist and a writer. New Writing, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/14790726.2024.2411457
Art in public: Potential public pedagogy post-pandemic
Adams, L., Kaye, N., Jayakumar, E., Barstow, C., & See, H. W. (2025). Art in public: Potential public pedagogy post-pandemic. Journal of Urban Cultural Studies, 12(1), 45–69. https://doi.org/10.1386/jucs_00094_1
M/C Journal: Experience
Jung, J., See, H. W., & Green, L. (2025). Experience. M/C Journal, 28(5). https://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/article/view/323
Curatorial Statement: Paper Trails
See, H. W., Mah, D, & Yeo, C. K. (2024). Curatorial Statement. In H. W. See, D. Mah, & C. K. Yeo (Eds.), Paper Trails Between Lion and Swan [Exhibition Catalogue] (pp. 2-3), SCULPTURE2052 [Phase 1], Singapore; Artsource [Phase 2], WA.
Curatorial Statement: In-Between-ness
See, H. W. (2023). Curatorial Statement. In H. W. See (Ed.), HERENOW|23: In-Between-ness [Exhibition catalogue] (pp. 3-5). ECU Galleries, WA.
Curatorial Statement: Crossroads and Convergences
See, H. W. (2023). Curatorial Statement. In H. W. See (Ed.), Crossroads and Convergences [Exhibition Catalogue] (p. 1), Nyisztor Studio, WA.
Exegesis: Encounters Across Dialogic Cross-cultural Collaborative Painting
See, H. W. (2022). Encounters Across Dialogic Cross-cultural Collaborative Painting [Doctoral exegesis, Edith Cowan University]. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/2593/
Dialogic Painting and Mythology: Cross-cultural collaboration amidst COVID restrictions
See. H. W. (2022). ‘Sustained Connection through Material Dialogue: International collaborative painting during the COVID-19 pandemic’ [conference paper]. ACUADS/DDCA 2021: Conference New Networks. https://acuads.com.au/conference/article/sustained-connection-through-material-dialogue-international-collaborative-painting-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/
Creativity in Crises: Adapting a community of practice through a landscape of COVID-based disturbances
Mason, G. & See. H. W. (2021). ‘Creativity in Crises: Adapting a community of practice through a landscape of COVID-based disturbances’ [conference paper]. ACUADS 2020: Crisis and Resilience. https://acuads.com.au/conference/article/creativity-in-crises-adapting-a-community-of-practice-through-a-landscape-of-covid-based-disturbances/
Public Arts: the academy engaging with Main Roads WA, industry and community
Adams, L., See, H. W., & Bell, F. (2020). ‘Public Arts: the academy engaging with Main Roads WA, industry and community’ [conference paper]. ACUADS 2019: Engagement. https://acuads.com.au/conference/article/public-arts-the-academy-engaging-with-main-roads-wa-industry-and-community/
Exegesis: A Cosmopolitan Landscape
See, H. W. (2017). A Cosmopolitan Landscape: Development of a body of paintings that explore and expand upon the shared tropes of figuration in the work of Giovanni Bellini and Shen Zhou. [Honours exegesis, Edith Cowan University]. Research Online: Institutional Repository. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses_hons/1490