beneath my feet
beneath my feet V: Thalberg Quarry 2022
beneath my feet V: Thalberg Quarry 2022 (detail)
Series Statement
beneath my feet (nos. V – VIII) were commissioned by Outer Space for SUPERCUT – Project 4 // simulation in 2022.
There are places that connect us to the matter making up our reality – the atoms, molecules, chemical reactions and atmospheric interactions. They morph and coexist, ever-changing and yet often remaining in-situ waiting for our disruption.
Beneath my feet embraces the dysfunction of algorithms in Adobe Photoshop, where I cut and collage numerous still photographs and transpose site specific field recording spectrographs (visual analysis of soundwaves). The images are developed from numerous aerial photographs of understory plants and the varying forest floors. I leave ghosting and pixelation triggered by my use of Photoshop’s inbuilt algorithms.
beneath my feet VI: into the valley 2022
beneath my feet VI: into the valley 2022 (detail)
beneath my feet VII: hardenbergia 2022
beneath my feet VII: hardenbergia 2022 (detail)
beneath my feet VIII: eucalypt forest 2022
beneath my feet VIII: eucalypt forest 2022 (detail)
These flickering images are simulacra, reminders of my lost memories from illness that have been infilled with detail by my brain trying to make sense of disjointed time. They echo varying spectral forms, flickering between the tensions that pull us from one moment into another, searching for grounding through place.
These works use hundreds of photographs and field recordings from the forest and valley understory and ground on my family’s farm. This property, on the Lands of the Jarowair people of the Wakka Wakka nation, has sections of bushland, grasslands and naturally regenerating cultivation featuring diverse plant species. Site-specific spectrography visualises the unique sonic environment of each location.
SUPERCUT is supported by the Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund – an Australian Government Initiative and is presented in partnership with Artspace Mackay and Northsite Contemporary Arts, Cairns.
Beneath my feet || Bunya Mountains
These following four works instigated the series, and are each based on the forest understory and floors of the Bunya Mountains. They were started during my Toowoomba Arts Footprint Artist Residency in 2021 during the Spectral Sensoria project and while being led by Aboriginal knowledge holder, Paul Carmody.
beneath my feet I 2021
beneath my feet II 2021
beneath my feet III 2021
beneath my feet IV 2021
The Toowoomba Arts Footprint Artists in Residence Program was developed by The Friends of Cobb+Co Museum, a group of key Toowoomba Community members who support the Museum. The program provides a special opportunity for three Queensland artists to share their creative skills with the Toowoomba community through demonstrations, workshops and displays. This program has been fully funded by Arts Queensland and South West Qld Regional Arts.
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