Madeline Fountain is a cross-disciplinary conceptual artist. Her primary area of practise is immersive installation and her research explores the therapeutic potential of creative process, the boundaries of perception and transcultural cosmology. Fountain describes her process as Bricloage in the Bardo and the built form series that dominate recent years are known as Embassies of the Cosmic Envelope, which she considers contemporary, autonomous temples. The tectonics incorporate readymade objects and repurposed commercial waste with new painting, drawing, photo-media and sculptural works; original sound works "hold space" for the disparate parts. The multi-sensory experiences are created not to be be passively viewed by spectators but are built in order to fully engage the viewer at the liminoid space at the frontiers of optical and audible perception. The work is informed by the philosophy of ontology called Transcendental Realism and the principles of Integral Metatheory.
In other work Fountain has created feminist responses to motherhood, family, marriage and the silencing of and violence against women. Throughout her degree she engaged with contemporary indigenous art theory and explored reconciliation themes and best practice models of art making about Country as an artist from a colonial heritage.
Madeline completed her Bachelor of Visual Arts in 2017, majoring in Photomedia, and graduated with a BVA, Honours (Class 1) from Sydney College of the Arts (University of Sydney) in 2019.
Email: m@madelinefountain.art