Artist statement: The series contains works constructed from a photographic image that has been transformed from the single-point perspective of the camera’s eye to an immersive, kaleidoscopic network of patterns inspired by First Nations cultural knowledge systems.

The repeating patterns speak of infinity through a First Nations’ lens. If this lens was utilised and incorporated, we would all understand plants, humans, animals, land, sea and sky as interconnected and interdependent.

This integrated worldview evokes a journey towards the incorporation of Indigenous knowledges and philosophies in ecosystem management in Australia. To rethink and reshape the tenets of existence and see Country not only as a resource, we need a more balanced and culturally informed system in place to provide the possibility of a sustainable future.

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