TOM BORGAS
Hyperobject (Kyneton)

First coined in 2008 by speculative philosopher Timothy Morton, Hyperobjects are ecological objects with spatial and temporal dimensions the totality of which extends far beyond the limits of human perception. Examples include global warming, the solar system, all the styrofoam ever created and the stock market. Given our perception of these things is only ever partial, it is a concept that challenges traditional ideas of thingness.

Manifesting as a white, vertical, triangulated surface attached to a complex painted wooden armature, Hyperobject (Kyneton) is part of an ongoing sculptural speculation on cloud computing as hyperobject. In contrast to the mythology that frames the storage and access to data as immaterial, the chroma-key blue back-end structure erupts as a series of conspicuous fragments across the objects and architecture of the space. 

Tom Borgas is an Adelaide based artist working from a sculptural foundation across multiple platforms including gallery and project work, public sculpture, festival interventions and performance. Developed through an oscillation between digital and analogue processes his work is an investigation of the space between image and object, virtual and physical, maker and viewer.

Tom has exhibited at shows and galleries around Australia including PICA (Perth), The Jam Factory (Adelaide), Artisan (Brisbane), Salamanca Arts Centre (Hobart), MARS gallery (Melbourne), Stockroom (Kyneton) and as part of the 2018 Kyneton Contemporary Art Triennial. Commissioning bodies include Urban Art Projects, Golden Age Group, The City of Brisbane, Rockhampton City Council, The Hilton Adelaide, Splendour in the Grass, the City of Adelaide and Renewal SA. Tom’s practice has also received support through contributions from the Australia Council for the Arts, Arts South Australia, Copyright Angency, NAVA and The Helpmann Academy.

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