Momma & Kuniya, the Great Water Python, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, NT, Australia, 2017
This photograph was created at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in Northern Territory, Australia, specifically at the Mutitjulu watering hole. Uluru (a giant sandstone red rock that rises out of the Central Australian desert) has significance for all Aboriginal people because of its role in Tjukuritja or Creation Time. Aboriginal people believe that Mutijulu is a site for female strength, mourning, and healing. This belief is expressed through the story of Kuniya, the great Water Python Spirit who resides at Mutitjulu, who mourned the murder of her nephew and later defeats the army of snakes that killed him. The evidence of her battle is visualized in the rock. In this video, George holds up a hand drawn portrait of her mother and describes her mother’s story of loss, strength and healing to the spirit of Kuniya.
This photograph was created at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in Northern Territory, Australia, specifically at the Mutitjulu watering hole. Uluru (a giant sandstone red rock that rises out of the Central Australian desert) has significance for all Aboriginal people because of its role in Tjukuritja or Creation Time. Aboriginal people believe that Mutijulu is a site for female strength, mourning, and healing. This belief is expressed through the story of Kuniya, the great Water Python Spirit who resides at Mutitjulu, who mourned the murder of her nephew and later defeats the army of snakes that killed him. The evidence of her battle is visualized in the rock. In this video, George holds up a hand drawn portrait of her mother and describes her mother’s story of loss, strength and healing to the spirit of Kuniya.
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A Jewel for Evans Crown, Evans Crown Reserve, NSW, Australia, 2017
36x24" Archival Inkjet Print This is a photographic document of a site-specific digital projection installation onto “Crown Rock” at Evans Crown Reserve in New South Wales, Australia. To create this image, George projected an image of a locally mined emerald onto “Crown Rock" . The reserve is located in an area where vast swathes of land are devastated due to the mining of the precious and semiprecious stones found here. For the Wiradjuri Aboriginal people, it is a place of initiations and corroboree (celebrations). |
Crown Rock
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Her Heart Died and Time Stood Still, Daintree Wet Tropics World Heritage Area & Great Barrier Reef Marine Park World Heritage Area, QLD, Australia, 2017
10x8" Archival Inkjet Prints
The artist documented this performance from the viewpoint of the coral at the rare site where these two eponymous World Heritage sites collide. The dead coral washed up on the shore. She picks it up and walks it off the beach, through the rainforest, while introducing it to the land-based ecosystem that represents various stages of 400 million years of plant evolution. Then, she returns the coral to the sea.
10x8" Archival Inkjet Prints
The artist documented this performance from the viewpoint of the coral at the rare site where these two eponymous World Heritage sites collide. The dead coral washed up on the shore. She picks it up and walks it off the beach, through the rainforest, while introducing it to the land-based ecosystem that represents various stages of 400 million years of plant evolution. Then, she returns the coral to the sea.
Traces of Newnes, Open Day, BigCi Artist Residency, NSW, Australia, 2017
Dimensions Variable
Cardboard, glue, white paint, projection of images of Newnes
Shale oil industrial ruins in the ghost town of Newnes inspired these cardboard sculptures and projections. Newnes is located in the Wollemi National Park, New South Wales, Australia.
Dimensions Variable
Cardboard, glue, white paint, projection of images of Newnes
Shale oil industrial ruins in the ghost town of Newnes inspired these cardboard sculptures and projections. Newnes is located in the Wollemi National Park, New South Wales, Australia.
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Mission 66 Meets the Sky, Shark Valley Observation Tower, Everglades National Park, FL, USA, 2016
Live feed from video projection, sunset to midnight
Two 34x26" Archival Inkjet Prints
Here, Valerie observes the Mission 66 modernist architectural interpretive site of the Shark Valley Observation Tower and reimagines the view it obstructs. On the left, Valerie projects a live feed of the setting sun onto the tower. On the right, the midnight sky.
Live feed from video projection, sunset to midnight
Two 34x26" Archival Inkjet Prints
Here, Valerie observes the Mission 66 modernist architectural interpretive site of the Shark Valley Observation Tower and reimagines the view it obstructs. On the left, Valerie projects a live feed of the setting sun onto the tower. On the right, the midnight sky.
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Mission 66 Meets the Sky, Long Pine Key and Flamingo, Everglades National Park, FL, USA, 2016
Live feed from video projection, through sunset
Two 34x26" Archival Inkjet Prints
In a similar fashion to the piece at Shark Valley Observation Tower, the artist observes the Mission 66 modernist screen based interpretive sites of the park and reimagines the view they obstruct. In the images above, she projects a live feed of the sky at sunset .
Live feed from video projection, through sunset
Two 34x26" Archival Inkjet Prints
In a similar fashion to the piece at Shark Valley Observation Tower, the artist observes the Mission 66 modernist screen based interpretive sites of the park and reimagines the view they obstruct. In the images above, she projects a live feed of the sky at sunset .
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Mystic Glades, Everglades National Park, FL, USA, 2016
Live feed from video projection at midnight
Four 34x26" Archival Inkjet Prints
In this series, the artist projects original images captured in the park back onto itself.
Live feed from video projection at midnight
Four 34x26" Archival Inkjet Prints
In this series, the artist projects original images captured in the park back onto itself.