Artist statement: I am a descendent of the Bangerang people from south-eastern Australia. Undercurrent was created in response to an unmarked massacre site on Dja Dja Wurrung Country, now submerged underwater. Using cutting and layering techniques, the works reveal the emotional and cultural scars left in the landscape, which have been historically and physically covered over by subsequent colonial occupation. The photographs have been made by manually layering two shots from the same vantage point. After photographing a scene once, I return with a print which I used to frame a second shot, with the final photographic image capturing the print and the actual landscape.
This project was created with support from the Koorie Heritage Trust's Artist Residency Program 2018, funded by the Australian Government's Indigenous Languages and Arts Program.
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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.
