Maddie Hepner

Loud, pushy and obese

Sun print on cotton, scanned into digital file using flatbed scanner 

Approximately 36 x 29 cm 

Breathing Someone Else's Air, 2020

Sun prints on cotton

With heavy inspiration from Homi K. Bhabha’s Third Space Theory, the body of work Breathing Someone Else’s Air investigates and portrays the feelings behind being physically and mentally distanced from two separate countries– one of nationality and the other residence- the United States and Australia. With a love for the news and media, the artist has created an array of chemical sun prints utilising digitally manipulated and exaggerated images from online news sources. The works investigates and stylistically conveys the artist’s true feelings about personal identify during both a global pandemic and U.S. national election. What is real?, what is skewed?, and how do we internalise the news and physical worlds around us? 

Other side of the street

Sun print on cotton, scanned into digital file using flatbed scanner 

Approximately 32 x 29 cm 

Wannabe USA

Sun print on cotton, scanned into digital file using flatbed scanner 

Approximately 33 x 29 cm 

The old guy race

Sun print on cotton, scanned into digital file using flatbed scanner 

Approximately 33 x 29 cm 

Teleportation device

Sun print on cotton, scanned into digital file using flatbed scanner 

Approximately 36 x 29 cm 

Say unprecedented 10 times fast

Sun print on cotton, scanned into digital file using flatbed scanner 

Approximately 31 x 28 cm 

That guy you see walking on the street that looks exactly like someone you went to high school with but there’s no way that’s him because you’re halfway across the world

Sun print on cotton, scanned into digital file using flatbed scanner

Approximately 31 x 29 cm 

Sore thumb sticking out

Sun print on cotton, scanned into digital file using flatbed scanner 

Approximately 32 x 29 cm 

Yes it’s exactly how it seems in the movies

Sun print on cotton, scanned into digital file using flatbed scanner 

Approximately 32 x 29 cm 

Vomiting through my ears

Sun print on cotton, scanned into digital file using flatbed scanner 

Approximately 32 x 29 cm 

Christmas in July

Sun print on cotton, scanned into digital file using flatbed scanner 

Approximately 33 x 29 cm 

No clean divide

Sun print on cotton, scanned into digital file using flatbed scanner 

Approximately 38 x 29 cm 

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