Selected works from RMIT Culture collections and International Collections

Stephen Haley, One Second (All Together), 2010

Stephen Haley is one of the first artists I saw whose artwork focused on digital and virtual forms. I remember seeing this work in particular several years ago and being fascinated by how he used digital processes to make a work of art. This is something which inspired my aims and motivations in my own art practice.

Stephen Haley

One Second (All Together), 2010

Type c lightjet print

Edition: 1/5

120cm x 300cm

Purchased through the RMIT Art Fund, 2010 RMIT University Art Collection

Xiao Xian Liu, The Way We Eat, 2010-2011

I am the child of a Chinese immigrant, and a second-generation Italian-Australian. As a result, I have grown up exposed to three different cultures, which at times have left me feeling like an outsider and at others, included. Liu Xiao Xian’s artwork which investigates traditional Chinese culture through a Western lens resonates with my personal experience with cultural and ethnic identity.

Xiao Xian Liu

The Way We Eat, 2010-2011

Porcelain and celadon glaze

Edition: 2/3

880 x 400 x 160 cm (installation size)

Commissioned through the RMIT Art Fund, 2010-2011 RMIT University Art Collection

Works by Jerome Lin

Unknown cataclysm causing chaos

These artworks have been made through experimenting with various digital processes to create manipulated imagery. By converting images from my life and artworks taken in 2020 into ASCII, I can freely edit and manipulate these snapshots of reality. I make digital collages using these images, as a way of experimentation and illustration of pre-existing content. Digital art allows me to experiment with concepts like distortion, manipulation, and composition, and has been a particular interest for me this year.

Jerome Lin

‘unknown cataclysm causing chaos’

2020

Digital ASCII collage

Dimensions variable

Jerome Lin ‘untitled’

2020

Digital ASCII collage Dimensions variable

Jerome Lin

‘8.5.3’

2020

Digital ASCII collage Dimensions variable

Alexandra Linehan

Alex Linehan is a second year Environment and Society student, and a lover of language and writing. She is a regular contributing writer for RMIT’s student magazine and is currently interning at Sowing Seeds Magazine. Her piece, Autumn Nostalgia, is a return to her first love of creative writing, and explores the emotions hidden in everyday life.