Patterson's practice is driven by everyday experiences in the suburban environment and he uses a variety of mediums flexibly and interchangeably. He has an interest in observation and marking units and passage of time.
Patterson, sitting alone in a fast food restaurant, chews handfuls of french fries, spits out the chewed potato, and forms the material into a tower.
The artist fills a public toilet with toilet paper, sets it alight, lets it burn, flushes it away, cleans the bowl, and leaves.
An Interview with Serena Bentley
In this podcast Melbourne-based curator Serena Bentley talks to Mark Amery about Personal Space, CIRCUIT's 2019 programme of Artist Cinema Commissions.
Floors and Time and Shapes: Campbell Patterson's toot floor
"Is the rustling of Snickers wrappers beneath my feet a filmic moment? The gallery floor is strewn with them, and with grapefruit seeds, which I initially mistook for peanuts. Is the weight of a person crushing grapefruit seeds a filmic moment?"