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With a predominantly photographic practice, David Wills is an artist working across media: photography, web, video and installation. His large-scale photo installations comprise thousands of images coupled with closing performances where the audience commences the de-installation process. In 2009, Wills completed his PhD at the Australian National University (ANU), Canberra where he also completed his Honours (First Class) and taught in the Photomedia department from 2005. Wills currently lectures in the Photomedia departments of the National Art School and Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney University, and contributes to This is Ikon's blog.
Wills grew up under Sydney’s flight path in suburban Banksia, where his lifelong obsession with music, images, magazines and Lego paved the way for a career in media, including Cosmopolitan, SHE, Muse and Time Out. He has lived in Sydney, London, Amsterdam and Antwerp, undertaken a residency in Paris, attended international conferences, and continues to develop new work. He is interested in the search for similarity/difference in a world of similarity/difference.
His website, Turnstile, has been archived by the National Library of Australia as part of the Pandora Australian web archive project and has been referred to by Things magazine.
Exhibitions: Chosen ones Depending on the day Five or Free Puddled State There are too many things in the cupboard Suburban Zeitgeist Unthink* Midweek Social Salad Days Lurker The social life of objects Is Howard a tosser? He Said She Said Libidinal Cement Howard's Heroes Who is Happy? Too much chicken on your hands Bootlegs (Spycam) Bootlegs Audience or idol Birdfancier B3 Beauty Grab Proximity Question Why What we have lived through Extort
Also see: Paris Residency Cultural Mulch Five or Free Artist in Residence, National Art School Achievements Qualifications Artist's statement