Imprecise Speculation on the Happenings of the Bunurong Coast
A compilation of fragmented narratives capturing fleeting moments, elusive characteristics and the transient allusions that abound on the Bunurong Coast.
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Category: Sketch #5: Imprecise speculation on the happenings of the Bunurong Coast
These fragmented narratives capture fleeting moments, elusive characteristics and the transient allusions that abound on the Bunurong Coast. They are images that stand in deliberate opposition to notions of precision and exactness so highly coveted by conventional historical pursuits. Instead, these mixed-media compositions offer ambiguously textured snapshots of the Bunurong Coast. They are fusions that profile the ephemeral and transient qualities of Bunurong Coast features and histories.
Scorched earth
Speculative Polaroid of a wildlife trail in the Wreck Beach dunes (38°39’39.4″S 145°34’54.9″E) and audio of listening to the fire, the ocean, insects and frogsong at a nearby bush campsite.
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Fingerprints, whispers and echoes
Speculative Polaroid of a wildlife trail through a natural soak near Cape Paterson’s 2nd Surf (38°40’25.7″S 145°36’21.9″E) with audio of the same watercourse, birdsong and the ocean.
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A process for unmapping
Speculative Polaroid of an 1882 geological map with audio of walking through the scrub of Wreck Beach Farm.
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Swipe right for BEFORE and AFTER
Speculative Polaroid of the rock platform near Cape Paterson’s F-Break (38°40’06.5″S 145°35’30.3″E) combined with a recording of the mechanism of a Polaroid OneStep600 camera.
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An environment being consumed by nothingness
A speculative Polaroid of the Wreck Beach bay (38°39’35.1″S 145°34’51.2″E) combined with audio of heavy rain.
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Photo failure
peculative Polaroid of Cape Paterson’s First Surf and a recording of water flowing off the cliff line at night.
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The path to uncertainty
Speculative Polaroid of the walking track to Cape Paterson’s Bay Beach (38°40’24.2″S 145°37’07.3″E) and audio of walking the same path.
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Jagged shore
Speculative Polaroid of the ocean at Cape Paterson’s Bay Beach (38°40’25.7″S 145°37’12.1″E) with audio of wind and the ocean at the same location.
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Indistinct boundaries
Speculative Polaroid of a roadside sign on Wilson’s Road at Cape Paterson (38°38’53.7″S 145°36’04.3″E) with audio of cars traversing the same byway.
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Uncomfortable objects
A Polaroid provocation examination of Aboriginal tools and artifacts sitting uncomfortably in the glass cabinets of a local history museum.
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Natural flows and breached boundaries
A speculative Polaroid combined with audio of walking through water at Wreck Beach.
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Sea-level horizon
A speculative Polaroid and audio speculation on an uncertain ocean horizon at Cape Paterson’s F-Break Beach.
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One doesn’t arrive by knowing where one is going
A speculative Polaroid and audio speculation on the aesthetic and creative benefits of embracing uncertainty at Cape Paterson’s Bay Beach.
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