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RESEARCH BACKGROUND: McLeod was one of nine artists invited to participate in 'THISNESS' a group exhibition of artworks that explored the essential qualities of their nature through the fashioning of their materiality/immateriality. The works exhibited challenged the audience's relationship with interior spaces and interrogated the defining properties of perception. The exhibition as a whole sought to highlight compelling approaches toward the manipulation of our physical environment and to contend the actions that constitute contemporary spatial art and design. McLeod's 'Column' denotes one of a family of 'philosophical objects' that contemplate the archetypal relationship between sound and form. The two vertical aluminium sentinels, positioned in intimate proximity to each other, are proportioned so as to resonate with mathematical precision to the frequencies of the sounds waves channelled through them. RESEARCH CONTRIBUTION: Column represents an important progression in Mcleod's thinking around the relationship of sound, form and space. This research stream is his ongoing exploration into the relationship 'between field and form' and has involved collaborations with prominent sound artists and acousticians. This ongoing research has resulted in two conference papers 'Mining the Urban Unconscious: Occupation Conference; Brighton, 2010' and 'Field [A]ffects: Immaterial Materialities; Sydney, 2012.' The discoveries found in gallery based sculptural works such as Column inform the broader practice of Interior Design and the use of sensorial phenomena in shaping of spatial experience. RESEARCH SIGNIFICANCE: BUS Projects is a prestigous Artist Run Initiative, funded by the Victorian State Government, through Arts Victoria. Exhibition proposal are selected by a curatorial board (see http://busprojects.org.au/people/). A catalogue documenting and contextualising the works in the exhibition was also produced.研究背景：麦克劳德（McLeod）是受邀参与名为THISNESS的群展的九位艺术家之一。该群展通过塑造作品的物质性与非物质性，探索艺术家自身的本质特质，参展作品挑战了观众与室内空间的既有关系，并审视了感知的核心属性。整场展览旨在凸显极具启发性的物理环境营造手法，并探讨构成当代空间艺术与设计的各类创作实践。麦克劳德的作品《立柱》（Column）属于一系列“哲学性创作”之一，旨在审视声音与形式之间的原型性关系。两件垂直铝制立柱紧密相邻，其比例经过精准设计，可与流经其中的声波频率产生数学意义上的精准共振。 研究贡献：《立柱》是麦克劳德围绕声音、形式与空间关系的创作思路中一次重要的进阶探索。该研究脉络是他对“场域与形式”之间关系的持续探索，期间他与知名声音艺术家及声学专家开展了多项合作。这项持续性研究已产出两篇会议论文：《挖掘城市无意识：2010年布莱顿职业会议》（Mining the Urban Unconscious: Occupation Conference; Brighton, 2010）与《场域[感]应：非物质物质性》（Field [A]ffects: Immaterial Materialities; Sydney, 2012）。以《立柱》为代表的画廊空间雕塑作品所取得的研究发现，也为室内设计的整体实践，以及在空间体验塑造中运用感官现象提供了重要参考。 研究意义：BUS Projects是由维多利亚州政府通过维多利亚艺术署（Arts Victoria）资助的顶级艺术家自主运营艺术空间（Artist Run Initiative）。展览提案由策展委员会遴选（详见http://busprojects.org.au/people/）。同期还制作了一本展览画册，对参展作品进行记录与语境阐释。