Issue 25: Money
“Winners” is a series of portraits taken from photographs of people who have just won prizes in lottery competitions. The photographs have been taken by the lottery organisers to use as promotional material for more lottery competitions. The expressions on the winner’s faces may indeed be staged (they have just received their giant-sized cheques) but they also reflect an honest delight at having been suddenly elevated to the lonely precipice of some huge schism that may be about to change their ordinary lives in ways that are private, complicated and unimaginable.
Emily Hunt works in printmaking (primarily etching), watercolour, collage and ceramics. She has a deep interest in the history and aesthetics of German Renaissance printmaking, caricature and absurdist and satirical publications. The latter is a domain that enables her to combine all her interests.
Hunt completed her Master of Fine Arts (Print Media) at Sydney College of the Arts, the University of Sydney in 2011. Also in 2011 she undertook an Erasmus Exchange Scholarship and studied ceramics at Sint-Lucas Beeldende Kunst in Ghent, Belgium. In 2013, she undertook a mentorship at the Zentrum für Keramik (Center for Ceramics) in Berlin where she worked with ceramics masters, Thomas Hirschler and Kaja Witt. Between 2006 and 2009, Hunt produced a collaborative satirical journal with fellow artist, Raquel Welch (Caballero) called DUKE Magazine. Five issues of DUKE were published (2000 copies each). It employed absurdist visual and written material and abused 1970s and 1980s kitsch sources. DUKE was a spoof on traditional and current magazines. It made a significant cultural impact in Sydney during the years of its activity.
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Runway Journal acknowledges the custodians of the nations our digital platform reaches. We extend this acknowledgement to all First Nations artists, writers and audiences.
Runway Journal is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
Runway Journal receives project support from the NSW Government through Create NSW.