Artist statement: The concept for ‘Lizard tail (breaking cycle)’ originated in the form of a small textile sculpture at Sullivan Strumpf's Promised exhibition in May 2014, and was then further developed for the community engagement project FIVE, in Western Australia. The project in Derby culminated in the creation of the ‘Lizard tail’ sculpture, which embodied many difficult memories and emotions shared by community members. The photograph is from the final performance for ‘Lizard tail’, where I dragged the massive sculpture to the Marsh, a site with a tragic and sensitive history, with only a few people to witness it. The hope was to achieve a symbolic act of separation from these burdens, and to transform the collective pain embodied in the work.
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