ORIGINS: PERCEPTIONS OF MULTI-CULTURAL AUSTRALIA
Bridgit Hancock
Dolores Scott
Tek Tan
Antony Pagallo
Eleanor Lee
Year: 1998
Medium
Acrylic, Photocopy Camera, Collage, Xeroxography, Object, Lecturn, Wire, Soundscape
Form
Installation and soundscape
Development and research with 6 Artists, collaborative, Performative
Size
Installation Variable, Wall work: 6 Works
Exhibited
1988, PICA, Perth Institute of contemporary art, Perth WA
1990, The Performance Space, Sydney
Award
AustraliaCouncil Grant – Project Grant
Acknowledgments
The presentation and creation of ‘ Origins’ was made possible through the support of
AustraliaCouncil -Visual Arts Board
Perth Institute of Contemporary Art
Business Network, Sydney
Coo-ee Emporium, Sydney
PaintedWave Studios, Sydney
The collaborative works depict the nations melting pot and the melding of its cultures: Indigenous First Nation people, Chinese, Welsh, Italian.
Meetings and collaboration with the individuals depicted in these artworks created grounds for topics of cultural and racial disharmony, environmental awareness, changes to lifestyle and community pressure.
The installation was researched and developed in collaboration with each person depicted through the performative photo-copy process. Each was photocopied with their chosen icon/s and personal items pertaining to the topic including traditional clothing, body paint, symbols, icons, colour.
Each Photo-copy/ Xerox was printed on Archival paper, photographed as one off images. The process was developed with Acrylic paint on canvas. The final 2D works were hung on the wall with a floor image of Australia correlating to the polight of the indigenous Australian’s and traditional owners of the land. In front of the map stands a lectern and microphone with wires moving through the map to the voices of each individual. Dialogue was recorded through the process of collaboration and developed as a narrative and soundscape as the final installation work. The soundscape duration is 6 minutes.
Featured Artists:
Dolores Scott
Phillip Langley
TekTan
Brigid Hancock
Antony Pagallo
Eleanore Lee
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