River to River: Interwoven Landscapes
Penrith Regional Gallery, Emu Plains, 2015
River to River: Interwoven Landscapes was the initiative of Penrith Regional Gallery director and Curator, Dr. Lee-Ann Hall. The gallery space was shared between myself and Wiradjuri weaver, Bev Coe, as a dialogue between the the two rivers on which we separately reside. The works that I made for ‘River to River: Interwoven Landscapes’ explore the idea of the river as a metaphor for human life, flowing from the source and returning to the source. Barriers bring power, and an ever changing gallery of strangely stranded curiosities. Only these mark time and passing events, the river itself lives not in the past nor in the future but in this very moment.
Installation view, entrance. 'Murmurings' casurina roots, 2m diameter.
'Tide Lines', river red gum, aluminium wire. Dimensions variable.
Installation, view from southern gallery
Installation, Northern gallery view
Installation view
Waterfall, River redeem, aluminium
Installation View
Installation View
Woven Landscape: Time is the substance from which I am made Dimensions: 5000 x 1490mm Materials: Canson 400 gsm cold pressed paper, Casurina roots, sisal thread, paper contact printed in Nepean river water with Lachan River Red gum bark substrate, plant material contact print Castoroil plant, gum leaves, hakea leaves from Nepean River.
'You and I have floated on the stream' Dimensions (variable) 3000 (L) x 300 (D) x 60(H)mm each element approx 600 x 400 x 360mm. Materials: Canson 400gsm paper, casurina roots, waxed Irish linen thread. Paper contact printed with gum leaves, Cilitrus leaves, in Nepean river water and Lachlan River River red gum bath with iron mordant.
There is Another Alphabet (variable) 940 x 250 x 210mm each element. Paper, waxed Irish linen thread, lichen.
You and I have floated on the stream Dimensions variable, 3000 (L) x 300 (D) x 60(H)mm each element approx 600 x 400 x 360mm, Canson 400gsm paper, casurina roots, waxed Irish linen thread.
Your mountains and rivers know the secret 300 x 220 x 80mm. Paper, waxed Irish linen thread, fungus.
What the river says, that is what I say 250 x 250 x 100mm, paper, waxed flax thread, fungus. Paper contact printed with plant material from the Nepean River
Floodplain. River red gum, aluminium wire. Dimensions variable.
A Way from the River to the Sea. Casurina Root, Aluminium Wire.
The Veil of Tears. Charcoal and pastel on paper, 3m x 1.5m
River to River, Interwoven Landscapes. Installation view
'The Soul Remembers'. Charcoal and Pastel on Paper, 5.5m x 1.5m
'I am Haunted'. Charcoal andPastel on Paper, 2400 x 1525mm
Woven Landscapes: Time is the Substance from Which I am Made. Paper, contact print with vegetation from the Nepean and Lachlan Rivers, stitched in place with symbols from the Iching. 5.5m x 1.5m
Gallery View
'Murmurings' casuarina roots 2m diam.