Studio Journal
Essays, field notes and reflections from the Tracing Australia project
Through essays, field notes and reflections, the Studio Journal is a place where I delve into Australia's landscapes, significant trees, histories and places. These writings accompany my artwork and the evolving Tracing Australia project, a long-term project looking at the stories that shape our relationship with Country and what Australia or being Australian really means.
more than a pile of rocks- Burrup Peninsula
This month we travelled from the Kimberly to the Pilbara. Spinifex, red dirt, deep gorges- a land of great beauty as well as iron ore trains, massive ships coming in and out of ports, towns dependant and built on mining $, and complex infrastructure. This is extractive Australia.
January 26
a conversation we need to have
January 26 sits uncomfortably with me as a celebration of what Australia is today. I cannot partition it from its roots-(and those are also my roots) the advantages I have from the displacement of others. I cannot be proud of the condoned act of piracy. I cannot buy in to a One Nation under one flag ideology.
Having a Voice
This year might be a watershed moment for Australia. This year might be an opportunity for us to let go of the colonial shackles, prejudices, biases and fears we may have about treaties, reconciliation and our notions of what it is to be Australian. We have an opportunity to reframe our identity, to move forward with pride and honour.
Good Morning Australia!
Musings on what it means to be an Australian and artwork about the diaspora that makes us Australia today
It's Time for a change Australia
It’s time for a change Australia- a rethink about Commonwealth, monarchy, and nationhood. What does it all mean anyway today?
Lateral Thinking Part 3
Lateral Thinking Part 3- The Arts
A voice for or times. Musings on arts funding, the meaning of it all, protest songs and things we could do differently.
What does it mean to belong? Beginning on Tamborine Mountain and following the remarkable migration of the Eastern Curlew, this month's Studio Journal reflects on community, stewardship and the reciprocal relationship between people and the places that shape them.