Lina Buck

Sunshine Coast National Art Prize 2025 - Finalist

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Artist Statement

The Figure, the Object and the Space in which they Reside 2 exists in a constant relationship that is being negotiated and renegotiated. The work highlights the fluidity of shapes and forms in the construction of space and negative space—an ever-shifting terrain that we are, have been, and continue to be located within. This work considers how bodies and objects shape, and are shaped by, their surroundings, exploring the tensions and harmonies that emerge in the process. 

Utilising recorded action, the work maps the figure’s movement within heterotopic space, tracing ephemeral gestures that mark the presence and absence of the body. It engages with concepts of impermanence, transformation, and relational experience—how we navigate space and time, and how those spaces in turn navigate us. By embedding methods of spatial measurement and bodily experience, the work examines the fluid boundaries between presence and absence, structure and movement, actuality and potential.