R.L.Foote Design Studio – Residency Award
RMIT Ceramic Student Association Club Year 3 Award
UNTITLED is a large-scale nest-like structure that aims to provide a sensory haven of comfort and respite. By touching, holding and even crawling inside of the nest, viewers are invited to reflect on their relationships with their natural environments.
This research stems from exploration of the shared experiences between non-human entities and neurodivergent peoples, after being inspired by the how autistic people, birds and trees are all forced to exist in ways that are unnatural and uncomfortable to them in neurotypically human-centric cities.
Ultimately, UNTITLED aims to highlight the importance of appreciating diverse ways of being and developing intimate connections with the natural world.
Grace Rokesky is an emerging contemporary artist who is currently undertaking a Bachelor of Fine Art at RMIT University in Naarm/Melbourne. Through a predominantly clay-based practice, Grace knits together rows of ceramic coils to create nest-like structures that consider themes of post-humanism, neurodivergence, environment and kinship.
