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Intervention: Contemporary Art From the Pilbara
The artists and curator, all non-indigenous migrants to the Pilbara, acknowledged that their own presence, their recreational activities and the towns that they live in, are all interventions on this ancient landscape. The artists explored a range of issues and ideas about interaction with a landscape that is rich in geological and human history. Their…
Fancywork
Fancywork presented embroidery in a new context, layering the familiar imagery of European domestic culture over the “wild” natural environment of south west Australia, invoking the feelings of dislocation and strangeness experienced when negotiating arrival in an unknown place. The series of human-scale embroideries, worked over photographic images of landscapes, lead the viewer to reflect…