Artist statement: I am a descendent of the Bangerang nation from the Murray Goulburn area, South Eastern Australia.
Fissures in time was created over an extended period of time in several locations in the Victorian landscape. Wandering through the landscape, with my large format camera taking photographs at different times of the day and under varying weather conditions. Drawing on memories of the landscapes I spent time in as a child. Informed by my research into the Massacre Map of Victoria, which identifies sites where settler massacres occurred from 1836–53. The research and the silence surrounding the knowledge of massacres have deeply affected my relationship to the landscape in Victoria. After photographing a site, I return to install a large print on a custom-built frame in front of the exact same landscape. Cutting into the photographic paper to reveal sections of the scene behind before rephotographing the scene. The photographic process of scarring highlights the relationship between the real and the perceived and challenges the viewer to question what it is they are focussing on and what they may not have perceived.
Also known as Giclee prints or bubble-jet prints, pigment ink-jet prints are generated by computer printers from digital or scanned files using dye-based or pigment-based inks. A series of nozzles spray tiny droplets of ink onto the paper surface in a precise pattern that corresponds to the digital image file. In dye-based prints the ink soaks into the paper, whereas in pigment-based prints the ink rests and dries on top of the paper surface.
Whilst the term is broad, pigment ink-jet prints have come to be associated with prints produced on fine art papers. They are the most versatile and archival method of printing available to photographers today. A wide variety of material on which an image can be printed with such inks are available, including various textures and finishes such as matte photo paper, watercolour paper, cotton canvas or pre-coated canvas.
