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| Making a place 2004
Hand cut Paper, ink, acetate
Height 32 cm, width 225 cm, depth 205 cm
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The Contours, bumps and crevices of the natural environment are deciding factors (influence the location, industry and social life of a township. As time passes, layers of human patterns are imprinted onto the landscape forming a narrative that frames the lives of the many people who have inhabited the space through history.
The making of a place maps the local landscape and the stories that have moulded it into the familiar surroundings we see today
there are evident parallels between the processes employed in paper cutting with developments of western society. The selective omission or inclusion of certain aspects of Australian life (both contemporary and historical) has been essential in the construction of Australia’s identity. Our cultural, economic and physical landscape is cut up, subdivided and shaped into an entity that suits our specific needs. Like a papercut its sustainability is questioned and inevitable decay is formidable.
