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Editor’s Note

LESSONS IN LOSS: THE JUUKAN GORGE • WHEN RIO TINTO WIPED A HERITAGE SITE OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH IN MAY, THE WORLD TOOK NOTICE. MONTHS ON, THE WEIGHT OF THE LOSS IS STILL HEAVY. THE PUUTU KUNTI KURRAMA AND PINIKURA PEOPLE AND THEIR ANCESTORS LIVED IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR HOMELAND FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS. NOW, THE JUUKAN GORGE CAVES ARE GONE, AND WE MUST FIND LESSONS IN OUR OUTRAGE. ART CAN BE BOTH AN ANTIDOTE FOR LOSS AND A CATALYST FOR CHANGE.

RESPONSE TO ‘THE SALIENT ARTISTS OF THE PERIOD’ BY ANONYMOUS, ISSUE 52

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A. D. Mather The Space Between • IN A CONVERSATION WITH NUR SHKEMBI, BROKEN HILL-BASED ARTIST ASMA D. MATHER REVEALS THE TENSION BETWEEN ‘KNOWING’ AND ‘NOT KNOWING’ IN THE FORM OF BOTH VISIBLE AND ERASED MARKS IN RECENT PRINTS AND INSTALLATIONS. AT THE HEART OF MATHER’S PRACTICE IS THE SEARCH FOR DEEPER WAYS OF KNOWING AND BEING, AND THROUGH THAT THE WORK REVEALS A JOURNEY OF TRUTH SEEKING AND WONDER.

Cosmic, Concentric Timothy Cook • WITH MELVILLE’S TRADITIONS AS BACKGROUND, THE EYE ROAMS OVER THE DELICATE, FINE LINES AND BLIZZARD-LIKE DOTS OF TIMOTHY COOK’S CANVAS’ SURFACE. ONE CAN TRACE A TRAJECTORY ALONG AND AGAINST THE CURRENTS OF THESE LINES AND DOTS. COSMIC, CONCENTRIC, THEY SERVE TO RELEASE THE EYE, AND, PERHAPS, THE MIND.

TEELAH GEORGE • THERE IS ALWAYS A SINGLE, STEADY THREAD WEAVING THE FABRIC OF AN ARTIST’S OEUVRE. AN ARTERY THAT CIRCULATES THROUGH TIME, CARRYING WITHIN IT THE LIFEBLOOD OF CREATION. FOR TEELAH GEORGE, THIS THREAD IS HER HAND. LITERALLY AND EMBLEMATICALLY, THE ARTIST’S HAND BRINGS TOGETHER MATERIALITY AND LABOUR WITH TIME AND MEMORY – RELATIONSHIPS THAT HAVE RIPPLED THROUGH GEORGE’S PRACTICE FOR OVER A DECADE. USING EMBROIDERY, PAINT AND BRONZE, SHE ENGAGES WITH MEDIUM IN A PROFOUNDLY GENERATIVE WAY, HEMMING THIS ECONOMY OF MATERIAL WITH A STOCKPILE OF STORIES.

The Entangled World of Newell Harry • NEWELL HARRY’S INSTALLATIONS STRETCH ACROSS SPACE AND TIME TO THREAD HISTORIES TOGETHER. HERE, PERSONAL, CULTURAL, AND POLITICAL NARRATIVES ARE ALL BOUND IN AN INEFFABLY RICH TAPESTRY OF REFERENCES. WRITER TAI MITSUJI SAT DOWN WITH HARRY TO UNPICK HIS PROCESS AND WORK; THREAD BY THREAD.

Yhonnie SCARCE Precarious movement • ABORIGINAL ART PRACTICE HAS HISTORICALLY SHOWN THE HARD AND SOFT ASPECTS OF MAKING AND CREATIVITY, RETELLING HISTORIES AND STORIES. WHILE 2020 HAS FORCED MANY TO RETREAT, YHONNIE SCARCE’S ART GLASSBLOWING PRACTICE PERSISTS. YET THIS GLOBAL STILLNESS OFFERS US A MOMENT TO PAUSE CULTURALLY, AND REFLECT ON WHAT WE FIND ‘ESSENTIAL’.

Joshua YELDHAM Compassion and conviction on the boundary of change • JOSHUA YELDHAM SPEAKS OF A ‘BOUNDARY OF CHANGE’, A DYNAMIC SPACE IN WHICH TRANSFORMATION IS MADE MANIFEST, AND WHERE SADNESS, HOPE AND RENEWAL DANCE TOGETHER. FOR YEARS YELDHAM HAS LOVINGLY AND RITUALISTICALLY PLACED INTERVENTIONS PHYSICALLY WITHIN THE LANDSCAPE FROM WHICH THEY WERE CONCEPTUALLY BORN, THROUGH SCULPTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY, PAINTING AND FILM.

Alex Seton Material Alchemy • ALEX SETON IS ACUTELY TUNED INTO THE SOCIOLOGY OF STONE, AND THE SENTIMENT AND SIGNIFICANCE THAT WE ATTACH TO IT. HE HAS MADE A CAREER OF CONFIDENTLY DISMANTLING AND REPURPOSING THE LOADED CULTURAL HERITAGE AND CONVENTIONS OF CLASSICAL STATUARY, IN ORDER TO SPOTLIGHT THE POLITICS OF BELONGING, IDENTITY AND FREEDOM. MORE RECENTLY, SETON HAS EXPANDED HIS FOCUS TO EXPLORE THE WAY IN WHICH...