The FLAME Project - Collaboration with Ellen Ericson - March 2020 - Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns
The FLAME Project is an exhibition outcome of a mentorship program that gives young female creatives experience in the professional arts industry, working besides an established artist.
23.8875° S, 151.2540° E (Telina)
Understanding of place forms an integral link to traumatic loss. These experiential connections to location – the blue sky, the smell of summer grass, the heat from the ground – often translate into codded memory triggers that are just as powerful as the original event. These subjective recollections return unbidden and unprovoked.
16.8894° S, 145.7328° E (Whitfield)
Recollection and place are interwoven. The initial moment seems to frequently remain, repeated and embedded in memory. Although the passing of time can create a buffer, these recollections are unconsciously transferred into everyday life, often resurfacing unbidden, during obscure moments of current experince.
23.8875° S, 151.2540° E (Telina)
Understanding of place forms an integral link to traumatic loss. These experiential connections to location – the blue sky, the smell of summer grass, the heat from the ground – often translate into codded memory triggers that are just as powerful as the original event. These subjective recollections return unbidden and unprovoked.
16.8894° S, 145.7328° E (Whitfield)
Recollection and place are interwoven. The initial moment seems to frequently remain, repeated and embedded in memory. Although the passing of time can create a buffer, these recollections are unconsciously transferred into everyday life, often resurfacing unbidden, during obscure moments of current experince.
Images: Michael Marzik