Artist statement: I started this project during the Melbourne lockdowns, during which I was unable to access my studio. But this provided me with the opportunity to focus on photography for over two years. I found myself observing the Australian landscape from an immigrant’s or stranger's perspective. I was particularly interested in subtle changes within particular places that I would return to repeatedly over this period, changes that became evident when photographing scenes with similar compositions or motifs. I then built up the images in layers as I tried to register their points of coincidence as if these were anchors in my memory. Every single image then became submerged in reverberations and vibrations of memory. I was recording time going by in the lockdowns – passing me by – as these changes accumulated with the repetitions, like echoes. I think of this kind of repetition as contemplation, as a way to increase the awareness of being.
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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.
