Hit and Miss surveys Tom Polo’s projects over the last two years, exploring extensions of portraiture that engage with a corrosive anxiety about the human condition. Through painting, performance and installation Tom channels the aspirations of contemporary society while hinting at self-doubt.
Tom's initial idea was to misprint a poster... as his work is wonderfully quirky we suggested he create a humungous die-cut of his paintings, cut from one sheet of card and cleverly sewn together into a picture book that is uniquely Toms. Even his weird badge / invite was cut from the same sheet...
We love it!
Shortlisted in the 2011 Desktop Create awards.
Conceptual Provocation within the environment of the Melbourne Art Fair and its focus on exchange.
Full of the artist's work, details of the opening and an accompanying essay, the invites are not intended to be throwaways
Having created the visual concept and written the script, Boccalatte turned to the multimedia genius of Doug Bayne and Trudy Cooper to realise this animated short.
