Artist’s Statement ‘No light, no sound, no air, no touch….’ Some people read this piece, as a love story, a poem about longing. And some people experience it as something …
Colony Collapse (Ian Gibbins)
Artist’s Statement “I am still watching ghosts, eyes rimed with salt, homesick… this was never our natural state, our true inheritance… we should not be here…” While walking around the …
Leakage (Ian Gibbins)
Artist’s Statement ‘Under the hammer, blessed with character, a driveway absolved of tree fall, another pearly-eyed crow, a year’s worth of indecision on the compost heap…’ The text includes samples …
if you came tapping at the window (Ali Whitelock)
Artist’s Statement I was in Scotland a few years ago when my father died unexpectedly. That night a thick fog descended. When I went to bed I was suddenly (weirdly …
George’s town pt. 2
Artist’s Statement ‘George’s town pt. 2’ explores distance, diaspora, and the hidden truths of familial betrayal and the taste of disappointment. Footage from a trip to Hong Kong in 2014 …
Leave you shoes here (Claire Rosslyn Wilson)
Artist’s statement ‘Leave you shoes here’ is a video-poem that has gathered together images, sounds and text from both Barcelona and Australia, layering one on top of another in order …
Faust: and now, here I am what I am, and I don’t think I am something else (Juan Garrido Salgado)
Faust: and now, here I am what I am, and I don’t think I am something else I think I’m writing a poem about nothing, for no one. I do …
My Nana is a Mermaid (Anna Jacobson)
Artist’s Statement This video work was inspired by old photographs I discovered of my nana and grandad when they were young. I was drawn to the photograph of my nana …
Make Me (Janet Marie Rogers)
Artist’s Statement ‘Make Me’ is an erotic poem with a developed performance which borrows from Indigenous ceremony and brings in sensuous elements that exemplify the grounded and tactile nature …