Tom Isaacs
About the work
Anamnesis Arboretum is a gentle, site-specific performance art piece conceived for the National Arboretum Canberra and inspired by the numerous memorial plaques attached to park benches there. This performance activates ideas of remembrance, story telling (and retelling), creative practice, and listening as important acts of care.
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About the artist
Tom Isaacs is a contemporary artist and academic living on Wallumedegal land, Sydney. He has been a practicing artist for over 15 years and in 2022, he received a PhD from the University of Sydney. Through Tom’s creative practice, he explores themes of wellbeing, care, and the profound importance of human relationships, drawing inspiration from psychoanalytic theory, philosophy, religious and ritual practices, and art history. Tom works primarily in the mediums of performance art and textiles, and recently he has been exploring socially engaged modes of art making.
- Anamnesis Arboretum
- 2024
- Sculpture