CLEARING
Press shots and artwork created for Clearing.
FLOOD APPEAL
These photos were taken to document the horrific damage created by the 2011 Brisbane floods. Around Queensland, many were left without insurance to cover the cost of repairs. They were sold at a fundraiser Sunday 23rd January at Cartel on Caxton street, and at the 4zzz community fundraiser on Saturday 29th January. If you’d like a copy, please send me an email to arrange for some prints. All money will be donated to the Premier’s flood appeal.
For a closer look at these photos, you can now view them at a new online gallery called Twelve-one.
LOOMER - CEILING
The design for the Loomer CD cover was a collaborative piece created by Daniel Denton, Loomer and myself. The cover shows a photo from my series ‘Stark,’ and was combined with hand rendered artwork which was created by Daniel.
Also included are some shots I took around Brisbane, some of which have been used by the band on their site and for local press.
You can take a listen to some of their music at www.myspace.com/loomerloomer.
The CD was released under the fledgling label Bon Voyage which specialises in short run editions of psychedelic, lo-fi, noise and advant-pop. Copies are available online at www.bnvyge.com
DENDROPHOBIA
A magazine article based on the fear of trees. All content was created by myself including the short story. Font was created by hand to give a textured effect which almost blends into the photography.
SHOW US YER JUNK
was a collaboration between Liza Harvey and myself which was shown on King George Square, Brisbane, from the 3rd-25th August 2010 for Public Realm’s exhibition ‘Cubed’.
The installation had a typographical focus, and was made from receipts collected from the public. An ongoing tally of money spent was also shown on the cube, which was equal to the receipts that were on the inside. The total amount of receipts tallied at the end of the installation were $18,865.46.
The concept behind this project was to increase public awareness on how much money we as a society waste on things that are not always necessary. We felt that the best way to highlight this was to try and create an interactive art piece that relied on public contributions.
The response from the public was overwhelming. Although we feel that the installation achieved it’s purpose, we were unable to keep up with contributions collected and held an origami party in conjunction with the installation to try and get everything we collected into the cube. After the word became visible, the plan was to make the word gradually extend backwards and become 3D. Given an extra week or two we feel we could have easily achieved this goal.
The cubed installation was a fantastic experience, and we both learnt a lot during the three week period. We’d like to thank Public Realm for giving us this opportunity and helping to promote public art in Brisbane City. For more information about other opportunities they have coming up, you can visit their website at www.publicrealm.com.au
STARK
This photography set was created to try and capture the emotions of depression and anxiety, and was influenced by one of my favourite photographers, Man Ray.
