Jasmine Crisp - He could change where he was with his eyelids

Artist:

Jasmine Crisp

Mural Name:

He could change where he was with his eyelids

Artist Description:

I was on my way home from the studio one day when I was struck by lines from ‘a portrait’ by Melbourne artist SEAGULL, and later formed this painting off Park ln for Frankston Street Art Festival.

Specifically, the line ‘crushing a mountain with my eyelid’ sparked the idea of turning my given surrounds, into more desired surrounds by ‘squinting’. The act of squinting a physical power in a ‘lived’/active moment but also more of an analogy for looking at things differently or taking new personal control of the outside world with creativity and outlook.

This design is entirely comprised of imagery from my recent sharehouse dwellings (and my current housemate and friend Conor) in respect to only making a story from what was available in the Aussie home/street.

Simply put, this is a work about finding ‘the beauty in the banal’ and using nothing but the body and mind as a device of perceptive change in a domestic environment. However, my aim for this is to also find truth, reason or ownership over beauty alone.

Location:

Park Row, Frankston

 

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Photo by Steve Brown Photography