Sue Buchanan and Eli Giannini's collaborative studio practice, Superpleased, allows for joint-investigation through the practice of architecture, installation and object-making (through the creation of jewellery, ceramics and small sculpture).
Themes relating to living in the urban environment are constantly explored throughout the work. Emphasis is placed on how nature meets the city and how we negotiate, interpret and ultimately ‘belong’ to our particular ecology: the urban habitat.
Buchanan and Giannini’s joint achievements include the realisation of various ambitious large scale projects and being selected as finalists for the Helen Lempriere Award Sculpture Prize, the Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture, the Yerring Station Sculpture Award and the Future Melbourne Digital Harbour Award.