Emma J DavisArt & Research
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Split Cut
Design research
Found images, collage
2025

Inspired by Gordon Matta-Clark’s Conical Intersect1, this investigation used manipulated archival photographs from the State Library Victoria to explore how cutting, framing and fragmentation can reveal new spatial readings. The process emphasised the relationship between documentation, collage-making and spatial observation, while highlighting the limitations of archival imagery.
Splitting Cutting 01. 2025. Found photography, digital collage.


Splitting Cutting 02. 2025. Found photography, digital collage.

Splitting Cutting 03. 2025. Found photography, digital collage.



Splitting Cutting 04. 2025. Found photography, digital collage.
Title of work. 20XX. Medium. 000 x 000 mm.
Title of work. 20XX. Medium. 000 x 000 mm.



Cutting Splitting 05. 2025. Found photography, digital collage.




1. Public Delivery. "Gordon Matta-Clark: Conical Intersect." Public Delivery, September 27, 2023. Accessed September 26, 2024. https://publicdelivery.org/matta-clark-conical-intersect/.

Image Credits

Photographs used in collages courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.

  • Collins, John T. Morang South. “Mill Park” Stables. Interior, 1975.
  • Coventry Street, South Melbourne, from Pickles Street to Smith Street - north side. 1974.
  • Wille, Peter, and Walter Burley Griffin. House. PALING HOUSE. 248 Kooyong Rd. Toorak. 1923, 1950. 
  • Sievers, Wolfgang. Interior of foyer and upper level office floor, Brixton House, 390 St. Kilda Road, Melbourne, 1976.

Project completed in design research studios at RMIT, supervised by Dr Andy Miller.

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