#NeighbourhoodWatch is a street art project for Banyule Council’s Art in Public Spaces Program. The project explores and tests our imagination and memory of familiar places. Through my camera lens, I recorded the architecture of Greensborough streets in a series of tightly cropped frames, pushing the subject and its meaning into almost unrecognisable abstract…
For the Hospitals as a Place – a St John of God Healthcare art commission project, I have sought to inspire curiosity in the viewer, and to prompt a sense of wonder at the ways in which urban areas and regional environments can be magically transformed by the interplay of light, colour and movement.…
As a child, I was fascinated by the photographs my grandma kept in her handbag. On these gelatine prints was a faceless man, whose features had been forcefully scribbled over with a blue ballpoint pen, or scratched out of existence altogether, leaving a ghost-like void where his face should have been. This was a common…
State Library Victoria commission to document the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on regional communities. These photographs are part of SLV’s Collection of oral histories and photographs for the Rural and Regional Commission 2020-2023.
State of Change: Regional & rural stories of 2020 is a State Library Victoria photo exhibition documenting the 2020 year in regional Victoria. The events of 2020 had a huge impact on Victorians. A devastating bushfire season was preceded by years of drought and followed by the arrival of the COVID-19 global pandemic and its…
art against gender based violence Panmela Castro | Ram Devineni & Dan Goldman | Tal Fitzpatrick | Catherine Gomersall | Aldona Kmieć Curator: Felicity Martin Beyond 50% explores the ways in which art can be used to influence cultural change, looking specifically at artists who seek to change the culture surrounding gender-based violence. It presents work…
In the Process of Healing is a two-part immersive, site-specific installation developed for the 2017 Ballarat International Foto Biennale and presented within the contemplative surrounds of the former Sacred Heart Convent in Ballarat — a place steeped in institutional history. The project was created with the support of Ballarat Regional Multicultural Council and Ballarat International…
The #WeRYou project was an inclusive and participatory street art initiative designed to harness the power of community, art and storytelling to shift perceptions and build a sense of belonging among Ballarat residents. Over six months in 2013, I facilitated a series of large-format paste-up installations, transforming graffiti hotspots into vibrant, community-driven art spaces. These…
“The Truth is that we all are fragmented. Some more than others. There are thousand pieces to one’s story.” Under the Floorboards was a commissioned Artist Residency with Uniting Care Ballarat, which brought together the work of 12 different artists who have spent the month each with the organisation depicting their experiences. Renowned Australian actress…