"Life on a screen"  -  1998 International Art Contest - Australian Winner

David McBurney

"Life on a screen"... The quote is from Shakespeare, "Did heaven look on and would not take its part." It comes from a scene in Macbeth where Macduff, betrayed by his own King, comes home to find his entire family dead; his baby speared through the head. 'Life on a screen' is about growing up in a generation which has been raised by the same television, and how more and more of our waking lives are spent in front of a screen... whether learning, working, socialising, or relaxing by checking out art competitions on the Internet."

David was born in New Zealand and lived and studied art in both Northern Ireland and Vietnam before moving to Australia and completing a BA in Advertising at RMIT University, Melbourne.