Active since 1993, and currently based in Paris, A Constructed World is the moniker for an artistic collaboration between Geoff Lowe and Jacqueline Riva. Informed by research undertaken with the French philosopher Fabien Vallos, and developed in conjunction with the artists’ extended network of collaborators, their presentation for Melbourne Now – comprising one painting, one video and two vases – references the biblical parable of the talents and explores the embarrassment and conscious duplicity of this story and its implications. In doing so it reflects on the shift towards neoliberalism and economic rationalism over the past decade.
