Lost in Translation: the materialisation of the mark in the digital age

The work for Caelli Jo Brooker’s PhD exhibition embodies the notion of the rhizome as suggested by Deleuze & Guattari. It is as if they gave the instruction above directly to her, with an understanding of her tendencies, capabilities and process-driven practice. The rhizome, as an organisational model, can be seen as one which resists a linear, chronological structure in favour of a more flexible and dynamic planar movement. Brooker’s work adopts this model as she pushes the boundaries of mark-making, abstracting line and form to a point where beginnings and ends are unidentifiable. Layers are created in her work, both physically and metaphorically, on a series of planes rather than formed along a linear path. This structure is resisted through a contrasting and repeating linear graphicality in form and expression.