Expanding Foam with Selfie Stick

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BACKGROUND 'Expanding Foam with Selfie Stick' was commissioned by curator Charlotte Day for inclusion in the exhibition Technologism at MUMA. CONTRIBUTION The work consists of a can of expanding foam with interactive technology that allows it to post photos to its own Twitter account @expandingFoam. The work was exhibited alongside seminal works by Nam June Paik (KR/US), Chris Burden (US), Richard Serra (US), Ricky Swallow (AU) amongst others. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue with commissioned texts by Philip Brophy, Bridget Crone and Sean Dockray. SIGNIFICANCE Technologism was part of the 2015 Melbourne Festival and was supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria. 'Expanding Foam with Selfie Stick' received national media coverage through the Age / Sydney Morning Herald, Broadsheet and Radio National (see supporting documentation).