T H E T O A N D F L O W
transits through water & air | environmental awareness


Ocean Beach, Strahan 2009 Ephemeral installations: Pell & Kelly

'If I have any doubts about my destination - one of the seven greatest wonders of the world I am told - they'd have been dispelled the instance I reached the next body of water' - Pell.




Ritual Airia | Movement Sarah Jane Pell | Voice Jason Nelson |
Camara Chris Fulham | Tainan National University of the Arts, 2007






Australia-Taiwan International New Media Festival | Taipei Mountain | 2007

Exhibition | saltwaterfreshwater | Central TAFE Gallery, Perth Western Australia | Opening 10 April, 2007

The search to understand our aqueous inner world begins on the unwelcoming steppe of dryland. The title of this exhibition references the opportunity to celebrate a meeting place and dialogue between saltwater and freshwater people: a cultural analogy sometimes used to describe the traditional and contemporary relationship of indigenous and non-indigenous Australians to water.

I exhibited 'The To and Fro', 2007 (Screening Time 00;24;17) as a starting point for further discussion and water-works as part of an artist residency at the Central TAFE Gallery. The piece was a collection of short studies documenting transists between bodies of water in Bristol UK 2004; Walpole AU 2006; Manchester UK 2005; Oslo NO 2004; Alcase FR 2006; Karlsrue DE 2006 and Penzance UK 2006.



Postscript: 14th June
Bibbulman artist Toogarr Morrison comments on the freshwater|saltwater relationship. He reminds me that freshwater gives life, replenishes and hydrates. The ocean on the other hand is the place where you go if you have something to heal. It is a place for the sick and injured. He also made the comment that the sea never changes. I was confused and he explained further. The ocean always sings the same song he told me, no matter what the season. Bodies of freshwater change with the season and have many volumes, sounds and rythmns.


Residency | The To and Fro | Central TAFE Gallery, Perth Western Australia | 30 April - 30 May, 2007