Annelise Forster

Statement

Annelise is primarily an abstract representational painter focusing on creating energy and movement in her work, often drawn to portraiture and figure paintings. Her painting style is lively and often full bodied working on large scale surfaces to fully immerse the viewer and create a more intense experience.

Her process of creating artworks is highly intuitive using colours and marks that she feels best portray the subject but not necessarily painting what is directly being viewed. This process is based on present emotional and mental state at the time of creation as this changes how she views both the subject and the work being created.

Allowing these elements to influence her creative process forms emotive works and intriguing relationships between the object/s and the audience as it feels more raw and accessible.

GlogauAIR Project

In art and life I am fascinated by the impact of music on people’s emotional, physical and mental state. Previously I have explored the connections between my own reactions with various songs seeing how the music changes the colours, materials and mark making of the paintings. Often I use my body to mark surfaces directly to establish a more authentic and direct expression of how the songs affect me. Through the duration of the residency I will aim to explore the effects of various types of music has on individuals as well as large groups of people possibly discovering new ways to experience music and how it can be used to alter emotional and mental states.

Research has shown how music can be used as therapy to calm minds, alter moods and even trigger memories. Sounds also have the ability to trigger physical responses such as Goosebumps and increased heart rates due to a phenomenon called frisson. Triggers include sudden changes in melody, unexpected solos and changes in volume/intensity. I am fascinated by how it can take on such powerful roles and wish to look further into how this happens by creating artwork about my personal experiences as well as connecting with other artists and people on an international level to gain further insight.

Music takes on many forms and purposes. I am particularly interested in how music can be used as therapy whether intentional or not, and a way of connecting people in small or large capacities. Music can be an interpersonal and intimate experience or can be shared amongst many as creating a sense of solitude, community, celebration and/or release. For example how someone experiences intense electronic music can be mesmerising or entrancing whilst another may find it stressful and frustrating. I am interested to see how similar or different each of these cases would translate visually potentially leading to an understanding of how people experience music.

I will use my time in the residency to explore human connections with music and its wider influences in more depth. Berlin is a city full of life, music and cultural diversity making it a prime place to explore this theme. Whilst in Berlin I will have the opportunity to be exposed to music in many forms, genres and different setting allowing me to thoroughly explore my concept.

CV Summary

EXHIBITIONS

2019

• MELT: Portrait Prize
• Group show at Brisbane Powerhouse
• Heal
• Group show at New York Art Gallery
• The Marks You Left
• Group show at Urban Cow Studios
• 50 squared
• Group show and art prize at Brunswick Street Gallery
• Searching for the new moon
• Group show at Floating Goose Studios

2018

• Keeping the lights on
• Group show at Floating Goose Studios
• Untitled
• Solo show at Gaslight Tavern
• Oddities of Adelaide
• SALA 2018 solo exhibition at The British Hotel Port Adelaide
• How do you see me?
• SALA 2018 solo exhibition at The Red Rhino Room
• Small Works Art Prize
• Group exhibition and art prize at Brunswick Street Gallery
• Melt Portrait Prize: Brisbane Powerhouse
• Shortlisted for portrait prize exhibition
• Viewpoint
• Exhibited in and organised group exhibition based around the Torrens River at Light Square Gallery
• In These Shoes
• Fringe group exhibition with the Hills Art Group

2017

• Sprout
• AC Arts Graduation Exhibition
• Glenelg Artist Gallery SALA exhibition
• Presented work in a group exhibition at Glenelg Artist Gallery
• Adelaide College of the Arts SALA Exhibition
• Presented work in a group exhibition at Hill Smith Gallery
• RSVP- Greyscale
• Presented work in a group exhibition at Light square gallery

2016

• Words… Seeing, Hearing, Feeling
• Fringe group exhibition with the Hills Art Group
• Pop Up Exhibition
• In collaboration with the other 2nd year Visual Arts Student, I organised a pop up exhibition.

2015

• Light Square Gallery Exhibited work in RSVP Exhibition

Gallery