Andy Vagg

In my creative practice I work across the visual arts, writing, poetry and performance. My practice has centred on exploring the qualities and limitations of contemporary existence, and how the choices we make inherently effect, respond to, and delineate social evolution. I enjoy working in social contexts, to activate spaces to form literal and metaphorical platforms for the development of ideas to encourage positive social change. My work utilises post consumer materials and items, to create installations, sculptures and objects. My performances explore the role of contemplation, liturgy and ritual in a contemporary secular context, and how they can help us come to terms with the rapid changes brought on by industrialisation, globalisation and climate change. I have created work in public and private spaces in Newcastle, Sydney, Melbourne, Launceston and Hobart; and have collaborated with community in colleges, high schools, primary schools, community centres, and child and family centres.