This series is in essentially the plates which formed my first self published monograph. It is a body of work created between 2017 and 2019. Thematically it investigates the notion of place and family. A recurring theme is the structure of the fence, guarding, separating and obscuring what lies behind it.
My facination with fences is ongoing, to me they are the penultimate colonial symbol. Australia before colonialism was a conglomerate of different Countries and farms transversable by anyone who choose to do so. Fences and borders put an end to this. I find endless joy in the desintegration of fence like structures.
Read more about SAFE here in the essays by Sara Jitjindar and Rebecca McCauley.
