1. Lindsay Seers
‘Suffering’ 2017

2. About her practice:
This work by Lindsay Seers is about the now-deceased Queenstown (a small town in Tasmania’s own wild west) resident Leo Kelly. Seers has trod carefully and made a humble and admirably respectful work in homage to this man and his art
Seers had visited Queenstown prior to making this work
Interested in history and how we capture it
She focuses on storytelling and memory through film,photography and installation
Uses the form of anamorphosis (depiction through distortion) in film since 1993

3. Context
The title of this piece refers to ‘the ecstasy’ of Kelly’s faith which is evident in his paintings – ‘suffering’ is being referred here to reflect on his solitary lifestyle and him being convinced to be protected by angels (through the stones given by them)
This idea could make this installation seem to be a memorial to Leo Kelly as well as a depiction of how potent and influential faith can be (religious visions)
You could say that ‘Suffering’ makes the viewer feel like they’re dreaming as they get to experience an anamorphosis of one’s visions that are very powerful and private

5. Materials & Media Wood Corrugated iron Benches Paint
HD dual projection onto a screen (FILM)
Stereo SOUND
Included objects and paintings by Leo Kelly
Installation
Materials & Media

6. Colours: are brown / grey / old / inside similar to an old church
COMPOSITION
Form/Scale: ‘a small tin hut’ – however in terms of the room and the viewer, the scale is large with benches inside to watch a film starring Leo Kelly
Colours: are brown / grey / old / inside similar to an old church
There are textures: within the corrugated tin and the wood make it feel earthy, 3D and real

7. Volume: Large volume of metal collected to recreate the home
Can say it speaks volumes about Leo Kelly’s life
Audio & sound within the film
Space: The inside resembles a church but it is actually created to be like Leo Kelly’s self built house.
The outside is open and Leo Kelly’s paintings hang on the wall, so it seems like an installation
… This also relates to the relationships between elements – in memory of Leo Kelly providing his home, possessions and paintings but also the feeling / experience of a church or a funeral
Also revealing his relationship with faith, from visions of angels in the landscape near his home

8. WHY?
So that people could observe it but also experience it – to go inside the hut and watch the film in which you can HEAR and SEE Leo Kelly in
One can begin to construct their own portrait of the man behind the paintings
The work is referring to several things at once – so it allows the spectator experience it and interpret it in their own way
Creating the reference of the church and religion during and after Leo Kelly’s life

9. Bibliography:
"Stories In The Dark – Contemporary Responses To The Magic Lantern | Beaney House Of Art And Knowledge, Canterbury | Lindsay Seers" Lindsayseers.Info.
"Suffering | Lindsay Seers" Lindsayseers.Info.