I like moving and still images, sound, writing, and installing those elements together in a space. My videos are lengthy. Tedious, or, experiential. I think a lot about the urban and natural environment, public/private space, screens, technology and the politics of all of the above. I am observing and trying to understand this world.
I am a settler who lives and works on Bunurung and Wurundjeri country. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.
KINGS
This prize awards an outstanding third-year student a solo show in Gallery Two in August 2024.
tree work in progress (video still)
17 minute video featuring footage and field recordings from across the Monash University Caulfield Campus and the recently shuttered Caulfield plaza. Installed as part of a two-channel work, with accompanying text.
venting (video still)
venting (digital video, 8:35 minutes) pans and zooms over the vents and exhausts that occupy the ceilings of the MADA studios. Installed on a computer monitor with audio, assorted cabling, and a short fiction about a time travelling camera case.
extension
Digital photograph. Installation detail from "venting".
Leon Rice-Whetton 1'
Leon Rice-Whetton 2'
Leon Rice-Whetton 3'
Leon Rice-Whetton 4'
Leon Rice-Whetton, tree work in progress (video still)
In the spirit of reconciliation Monash University acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.