Artist statement: Spanning documentary film, photography, and video art, and compelled by a fascination with personal and communal mythology, my work often inhabits the ambiguous realm between reality and fiction. I seek out elevated, cinematic moments in everyday life, and combine the observational and candid with elements of invention or intervention.
‘Untitled’ depicts a young drag queen named Max. It is from a broader series in which, over the past five years, I have documented Melbourne’s queer nightlife while following the story of Rat, a sixty-something punk who, after visiting a drag show, was galvanised to gender transition, eventually becoming Milly Rose. My film and photographic project, Of rats and roses, captures this inclusive, diverse subculture which has supported countless people to transform and express themselves through performance art.
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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.
