“The truth is that we all are fragmented. Some more than others. There are a thousand pieces to one’s story.”
Under the Floorboards was a commissioned artist residency with UnitingCare Ballarat, bringing together 12 artists who each spent a month embedded within the organisation, responding to their experiences through creative practice.
Over a five-week residency across multiple services, I documented my daily encounters through hundreds of digital photographs. These images became the foundation for four life-size mosaic photographic portraits, where selected staff, clients, and volunteers became the subjects. Each portrait was composed of thousands of individual images, reflecting the layered and fragmented nature of personal and collective narratives.
The final works were presented at a VIP Gala Event and auction at the Art Gallery of Ballarat in 2013, raising funds for the organisation.
Click to listen to Under the Floorboards Exhibition Opening McCain Hall, Art Gallery of Ballarat October 2nd, 2013 Interview by Dominic Brine/ABC Ballarat interviews
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Under the Floorboards
Under the Floorboards
Under the Floorboards
Under the Floorboards artwork, work in progress
Lunch at Sunways, Uniting Care Ballarat
Sarah from Australian band The Funky Turtles, Ballarat
Lunch
Under the Floorboards
Hand print at Tabor House
Hand print at Tabor House
Tabor House
Hand print at Tabor House
Hand print at Tabor House