Countdown to Cementa

Not that I'm counting, but I'm estimating it's about seven months until Cementa 15 kicks off in Kandos. I've had a work in development since a three-month residency at the Fire Station Arts Centre in Dubbo last year, but the work has stalled for most of this year due to not knowing where in Kandos …

#bringtolightproject through the eyes of children

As I start writing this post, the #bringtolightproject is still underway across Dubbo and Lithgow. It's 13 August and there are about seven hours to go before the power is cut to the last work. I've ducked home for a battery recharge before my final projection at the abandoned grain receival site 6km up the road from …

Last day as an artist with a title

It's a bittersweet day today…my time as the "Artist-in-Residence" at the Fire Station Arts Centre in Dubbo comes to a close today with one final open studio event. For the past three months, I've held the above title, which brings with it a weight of responsibility and commitment to those who invest such trust and …

Inside Studio 2: additional elements

Over the past week, I've been wondering about how to pull together all the elements of my new work in order to show the public what on earth I've been doing in Studio 2 at the Fire Station Arts Centre for the past three months, when the studio doors open one final time next Friday, …

The business of an art practice

It has been one of those difficult weeks where it has been hard to fit everything in. At the same time I'm very aware of my time as the Cementa artist-in-residence at the Fire Station Arts Centre's Studio 2 is coming to an end on 30 November...a time that has been invaluable to me as …