Water, stainless steel, nylon hose, pumps, sound equipment, wire rope, fasteners, grass, aluminium truss
Dimensions variable
In early 2023 I was invited to reinvisage my work HOW DO WE HOLD THESE THINGS TOGETHER? for Floating Land: Us and Them, held from the 24th of June to the 30th of July 2023. Held biannually, Floating Land is Australia’s premier art in the environment event, taking in sites across Noosa. In 2023, Floating Land: Us and Them, sought “to scrutinise aberration and affinity. To look at other perspectives and share who each of us are. Our stories and experiences. Our joys, darknesses and dreams. It will set out to challenge assumptions, check prejudice and revel in discomfort. Unpick antagonism, interrogate mutual exclusivity, and jumble competing concerns. It might even find some common ground.”
In light of this theme, my work HOW DO WE HOLD THESE THINGS TOGETHER? - which I developed in reponse to emerging death technologies - was installed in a small country cemetery outside the township of Pomona. The work sat alongside both old and new graves, its sombre tones resonating throughout the cemetery.
The full description of this work can be found here.
Images by the artist.