MeeDee

Madison HaynesI live in: EASTERN SUBURBS, SOUTH AUSTRALIA.I have a: BATCHELORS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE with the UNIVERSIY OF ADELAIDE.I am currently studying my: BATCHELORS OF SECONDARY EDUCATION (HONOURS), (ART) with the UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.I make: DIGITAL and SCULPTURAL YEARNING.May I suggest: My Adventure Game 1

WIPS:
Slappy Goosebumps (Movie)
Slappy Goosebumps (TV)
Glen Ray
GiGi Ray
Hoops

A collaborative debut between two emerging artists and their opposing internal guides.STATEMENT:
Madison Haynes is
MEEDEEHoops was made small, he has lived and grown. He camps, earns badges, and plays roblox. He is other and monstrous, but he is unbothered. Informed by my time as a Cub Scout Leader, childhood folklore, and my unceasing devotion to vintage dolls. Hoops wants you to feel his heart pound.
When Her talks to him he doesn't understand.Danielle Festejo is
GRIM REPRESSThrough themes of identity, decay, and mutation, Danielle invites the viewer to confront the unsettling. The titular character Her developed from a need to express all that feels difficult and complex, representing the artists autobiographical mainstay. Hoops fascinates Her.

In your pajamas, in your bed. The house is peaceful, your heart is not.This piece explores the experience of the monstrous other. You are crawling towards something you can't see. Something you know everyone else understands and holds, but is completely out of your experience. You are other.To me, my deep interest in the experience of the monstrous other stems from my heart. As an autistic person, in early childhood especially - the horror of realizing everyone knows you are different is crushing. It is something hidden, and only for yourself.Ceramic bust with cotton wool.
Approx. 40 cm.

Cats The Musical
The closest I have ever come to experiencing hallucinations was the night after watching the 1999 tapeing of Cats The Musical. When I squinted my eyes I could make out images in the dark that I would briefly recognize as cats.

Man Made Object
This image is inspired by the song of the same name by Lemon Demon. The song is sung by a man who is overwhelmed by the need to build an object he sees in his dreams. I wanted to create his dream, I want the viewer to feel the object as the man does, foreboding mixed with admiration. I want them to know this is grand, this is my responsibility.

She won’t let me in
This image describes a gentle fear that is sometimes present in my dreams. When I developed his print I had a small panic, the doll is very small in reality, but in the image becomes monstrous.

I know whats in the box
In this image I wanted to explore the disconnect between my internal knowledge and my dreams actual context. I often have the knowledge of something, who someone one is or why something is, without having learnt that information explicitly. I want the viewer to search for the box, not find it, and be no different for it.

Adventure game 1

You wake up with a need to pee and a ringing phone.

Adventure game 2

Take a trip through the city of Adelaide to reunite Hoops with his father.

Poo-LagoonPoo-Lagoon is a campsite owned by Scouts SA. It sits a short walk away from Woodhouse adventure park, but can only be accessed by Scouts SA STAR Scouts group members.
STAR Scouts have exclusive access to the site as a closed group. To apply for entry, email group leader [email protected]The site is home to a very diverse range of wildlife that are not seen in the surrounding bushland. See the site below for more information on wildlife.Find more information, visit: Poo-Lagoon.

Hoops
Find more information on Hoops in my Adventure Games, and in the Hoops Gallery.