Charlie Donaldson’s installation Aarnivalkea research society is based upon the Finnish myth of the will o’ the wisp. Created in the guise of an anonymous researcher, the laboratory-style set-up of the installation feeds unrelated information into a narrative structure and allows the viewer to create their own story out of the images at hand. This project continued Donaldson’s inquiry into the use of associative image-driven systems on the internet as tools for creating narrative.
Charlie Donaldson lives and works in Brisbane. He graduated from Griffith University with a Bachelor of Photography (Honours) in 2014. Aarnivalkea research society marks his first solo exhibition.
words by Jonathan McBurnie
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