Kaitlyn Mateta 'Stop the spread'

In an attempt to ‘stop the spread’, we are ordered to sanitise, isolate, lockdown, check-in, get vaccinated and mask-up. But are these measures working? The virus continues to infect and new strains emerge, with each one more contagious, more deadly. Stop the spread is a postmodern work inspired by the current global pandemic and the somewhat ineffective measures we are taking to ‘contain’ the virus. A mass of crocheted coronavirus structures spews out of a limp and arguably useless face mask, with an unidentifiable strain creeping out. Maybe we simply cannot stop the spread …

Influencing artists:
Michelle Heslop
Rosalie Gascoigne
Vanessa Barragão
Ben Quilty