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Resonating estuary: Transitions from site to art
In the intertidal zone of the Derwent Estuary foreshore in southern Tasmania I unfurl a roll of French imported paper (Fig. 1). Its stark homogenous white surface marks a line across the beach, overwriting the natural environment. Over the period of a year I bring this paper back to the site, immersing it in the river and laying washes of ink across its surface. The tradition of drawing is tested to develop a nuanced and sensitive evocation of the place where I live. My aim is to acknowledge the role western landscape and cartographical traditions had in taking possession of the land, overwriting Indigenous cultures, to allow the stains and shadows of colonialism be present in order to find new processes of art that enters into dialogue with the flow of the land and all its inhabitants.
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Publication title
ARt and Future: Energy, Climate, CulturesEditors
P StupplesPagination
99-115ISBN
978-1-5275-0410-3Department/School
School of Creative Arts and MediaPublisher
Cambridge Scholars PublishingPlace of publication
United KingdomExtent
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