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Statement
A weather condition in which snow and clouds change the
way light is reflected so that only very dark objects can
be seen’
(From Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
Cambridge University Press 2004
A visual response to this quote is the starting point for
my artwork.
Dark objects are seen through an intensity of white.
The works explore the political and metaphoric through the
contrast of imagery.
European trees are juxtaposed with indigenous grasses as
a metaphor for European invasion.
I also explore regeneration through the use of images of
plants and ash. Fire in dry grasses results in white ash.
A whiteout in Australia is very rare because of the weather
conditions. White heat is more relevant in this context.
The light in the imagery is ambiguous.
Is it heat, fog, snow or ash?
Shadow cannot live without light.
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