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Jessica Phillips
Fine Arts BA Hons

RMIT University Melbourne

Graduates: 2023

Specialisms: Fine Art / Installation/Sculpture / Digital Arts

My location: Melbourne, Australia

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RMIT University Melbourne

Jessica Phillips

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First Name: Jessica

Last Name: Phillips

University / College: RMIT University Melbourne

Course / Program: Fine Arts BA Hons

Graduates: 2023

Specialisms: Fine Art / Installation/Sculpture / Digital Arts

My Location: Melbourne, Australia

About

Jessica Phillips (she/they) is a conceptual artist based in Naarm, Melbourne. Their installation practice focuses on themes of perception, abjection, and surveillance.  They examine the relationship of the body to its barriers both internal and external, in the context of her research on surveillance capitalism. She uses video projection, sculpture, and performance in her artworks, and considers her practice to be rooted in installation-based methodology.

ECHO is an immersive installation of reflection and revealing. Named for the Oread, one’s reflection is infinitely duplicated and fractured upon entering the work, as they are simultaneously aware of invisible onlookers who can see clearly through its walls. This creates a powerful imbalance between the watchers and the watched that I endeavour to capture throughout my practice.