Through the framework of a sculptural practice, she works with and responds to sites. A continuing focus of her practice has been developing an expanded understanding of site, where context is crucial and site is positioned as a shifting environment of multiple relations.
The sites she is responding to are situated in the construct of the everyday and explore the complexities of the built
environment. Often this is with the aim to explore relationships of temporality, narratives and intimacy within space.
Arnold completed a Master of Fine Art (2010) at the Victorian College of the Arts. Solo exhibitions include Approaching site, Sutton Gallery Project Space, Melbourne, Australia (2011). Group exhibitions include Gestures and Procedures, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Australia (2010). Public artwork commissions include
Within Foundations in collaboration with Sary Zananiri located in Officer, Victoria, Australia (2012).
Keep in time
‘Keep in time' tested a sculpture that was active to its environment and also contained a performative element. The sculptures in the test were triggered by movement. They would bob up and down, a plywood arch moving in and out of distortion.
On the day of testing, the sculptures were set up in three configurations. The main people who encountered the sculptures were office workers from surrounding buildings, people heading for the train and tourists.
Inserting a foreign object on the path influenced the way in which people navigated the footpath space. The sculptures subtly moved as people walked past and were triggered also by traffic and bike riders. Passers-by would look, notice the sculptures movement and double-take, often smiling.