Archive of work by graduates from the renowned MFA Programme at GSA

Indefinite Flame
Sculpture [Copper, Smoke, Perspex, Electricity]
35cm x 25cm
2008
His Masters Voice
Sculpture and Audio Installation [collaboration with composer Tom Butler]
2008
Various Titles
Various Media
Various Dimensions
2009
Orate
Speakers, Audio installation
1 day
2008
Expire
smoke
2009
Spontane
nichrome wire, bricks, metal
140cm x 46cm
009

Kate V Robertson

I am concerned with ideas of the existential or futile, particularly in relation to ideology, communication and progress. My work addresses failure and disappointment, in a variety of ways, often referring to cultural or political history. Sometimes the work performs failure, by deliberately malfunctioning or miscommunicating, and other times it has a metaphorical or allegorical relationship to the subject matter.

My work is often temporary, ephemeral or temperamental. Unpredictability, experimentation and the possibility of failure are very much a part of the process. Recently, my work has been predominantly sculptural, but I have a varied practice – encompassing video, audio, performance, found objects, images and text.

I often work on a combination of pieces, often featuring some durational or animated elements, and I also undertake work outside of gallery spaces, simultaneously with exhibition work. My offsite projects involve public interventions, anonymous sculptures, barely visible images or incidentally encountered moments.