Jared Amuso
Through process-driven experimentation in interactive media and virtual environments, my work explores how digital systems can generate sensory and emotional resonance, creating spaces that are reflective and regenerative.
‘Landscape of Words’ (2024)
Ellen Koshland in collaboration with Jared Amuso
Radical Generosity at Haydens Gallery, Curated by Kathryne Genevieve Honey
https://haydens.gallery/Radical-Generosity
Ellen Koshland’s Artist Statement
We inhabit a hidden landscape of words. The words impact on our bodies, nourishing, challenging or diminishing us. The jingle goes “Sticks and stones may break my bones …But names will never hurt me”. But words do hurt. Words are powerful. They can incite violence or unnerve in insidious ways. Or they can nurture and clarify.
The quotes in the video work come from interviews conducted with women in positions of expertise and authority. Women in world of business, farm, police, church, the law courts, journalism and health.
Each of these women has had to find ways to navigate a landscape where double standards, resistance and bias still exist on a daily basis.
What would it take to have a generosity in our daily exchanges, to exercise a radical respect for every other in the words we use?
‘Spatial Memory’ reflects on memory and emotional transformation through an immersive environment inspired by my experience of the 2019 Cudlee Creek bushfires. Moving through four shifting states: calm, anticipation, fear, and reflection, the work translates personal memory into a shared, regenerative space. At its core, the work explores how space can hold emotion, using immersion and rhythm to convey the tension between loss and renewal.
StratergyRather than aiming for a literal retelling, the design emphasises atmosphere, scale, and sound to evoke reflection, memory, and recovery. Colour shifts, fog density, and spatial arrangements are carefully considered to guide the player through an abstract emotional landscape, creating a sense of immersion and contemplation.
DesignMoving through the environment reveals how narrative and spatial design interact. Adjustments to scale, pacing, and the arrangement of spaces evolve naturally as the world takes shape, allowing the experience to feel guided yet open. Subtle transitions between areas encourage moments of pause and reflection, while environmental boundaries maintain a delicate balance between exploration and focus.
‘Botanic Language’ investigates the theme of climate through a series of interactive symbols inspired by Melbourne’s botanic gardens. Each icon translates the relationship between nature and process into a distilled, sensory experience, using simplicity and rhythm to evoke curiosity and connection.
StrategyThe icon suite establishes a visual system that encourages intuitive interaction through rhythm, clarity, and consistency. Each icon is designed to function both independently and as part of a cohesive language, balancing simplicity with conceptual depth.
DesignThe visual language evolved through iterative sketching and digital refinement, balancing clarity with expression. Careful adjustments to line weight, spacing, and proportion established a sense of rhythm that connected each icon within the larger suite. The restrained blue-green palette, accented with warm orange, was chosen to evoke harmony and subtle energy while maintaining legibility across environmental-based contexts. Integrated sound elements extend this visual rhythm into a multi-sensory experience, creating a quiet interaction between sight and sound that enhances engagement.
Through process-driven experimentation in interactive media and virtual environments, my work explores how digital systems can generate sensory and emotional resonance, creating spaces that are reflective and regenerative.
Moving forward with my practise, I aim to deepen my focus on regenerative design, exploring how interactivity and digital environments can cultivate renewal, connection, and care within both viewers and systems.
© 2025, Jared Amuso