Adam Buckland

Exhibitions

2018.  Small Works Art Prize.
Brunswick Street Gallery - Fitzroy, Vic.

2017.  Small Works Art Prize.
Brunswick Street Gallery - Fitzroy, Vic.

2013 . 8th Annual Brunswick Art Space Contemporary Art Prize.
Brunswick Arts Space - Brunswick, Vic.

2013. Diamonds in a Paintbox.
The Art Cabriolet Charity (Fund Raiser) 
Luminaire - South Melbourne, Vic.

2013. MoreArt , Moreland City Council Public Art Show - Moreland Recognise Mural Project.
Robinson Reserve Neighbourhood House - Coburg, Vic.

2012. In the Garden of my Mind.
Chapel off Chapel - Prahran, Vic.

2012.  Diamonds in a Paintbox.
The Art Cabriolet Charity (Fund Raiser)
The Atrium, Federation Square - Melbourne, Vic.

2010. Ripe.
Project Contemporary Artspace -  Wollongong, NSW.

2010. Thirroul Seaside Festival Art Prize.
Anita’s Theatre - Thirroul, NSW.

2010. Spring Members Show
Project Contemporary Artspace - Wollongong, NSW.

2010.  First in Best Dressed.
Project Contemporary Artspace - Wollongong, NSW.

Hazel

Hazel liked to spend a little time each day googling things she had no interest in. She would research products she did not want to buy or look up illnesses she did not have. Other times she would send questions via email to politicians and rock stars. She usually did not support the political party or appreciate the music of the rock star the emails were addressed to, and she had no interest in reading their replies. She posted links and You Tube clips on social media that she found dull. Some days she'd even check into places she'd never been. One day a friend tagged her and asked her to post her top ten favourite albums on Facebook. She copied Mojo magazine’s ‘Ten Most Important Albums in Rock History’ and posted them.

Of course she still used the internet for the usual things you and I do, things she did enjoy, but peppered her use with misleading searches to create a false online profile. She thought that by using the internet in this way there’d be no company or government organisation that could mine her data for an accurate profile of her likes or dislikes.

But soon word got out of Hazel's eccentricities. Her online habits were given a medical title and labelled an illness. Medical professionals who made more money in a year than Hazel could make in two decades told her to cease her false online activity. They designed a medication which would stop her hijinks and injected her with a lifetime dose. The medication made her numb, obese and a bore to be around. And then the medical professionals told her to lose weight or she'd get diabetes or worse.

Hazel googled ‘diabetes'.

If this ain't drugs how will I ever sober up again?

Dealing With Loss Whilst Holding the Winning Ticket

I'm trying to find a keyhole in my mind
I'm trying to find a moment back in time

No more can rely on your well worn out disguise
There's no more scenes in your hollow countryside

What can you deal me?
What have I learnt from you?
...nothing I'd pass on
What could heal me?
What will I show to you?
This nothing I'll pass on

It's the time we're together
I've never felt so in parts
It's every day you feel you're finished
Several times a day I start
The way you're ramming your path through life
To sacrifice at all costs
Holding my jackpot ticket
Whilst feeling your loss

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