Trails in the Ground (installation & essay)
Articulating the idiosyncrasies and agency of the entanglement of tracks that are encrypted on every aspect of the Bunurong Coast,
Continue readingMemoryscoping the Bunurong Coast: A project-based PhD speculating on the intimate and complex histories of a personally significant place
A suite of works examining the embedded meanings, understandings and assumptions that can be read into the marks, tracks, and trails of the Bunurong Coast.
Articulating the idiosyncrasies and agency of the entanglement of tracks that are encrypted on every aspect of the Bunurong Coast,
Continue readingA video presented at RMIT University’s 2020 INTERTEXT Symposium outlining my ‘A Trail in the Ground’ suite of work.
Continue readingEarly attempts at layered mixed-media articulations of the complex implications that can be read into the marks and features encrypted into the ground.
Continue reading[Scanned copies of layered paper based amalgams, 2020; Rees Quilford] These ‘A Trail in the Ground’ pieces illustrate an early
Continue readingA series of speculative sketches on the various meanings that can be read into a trail left in the ground.
Continue readingThis work was developed on the unceded lands and waterways of the Boon wurrung and Woi Wurrung language groups of the Kulin Nations. Much of the fieldwork, including visitation, writing and documentation, was undertaken on the lands of the Bunurong/Boonwurrung people.
The Bunurong/Boonwurrung people are the first storytellers of these lands. Their sovereignty was never ceded. This is, and always will be Aboriginal Land.
I respectfully acknowledge the Ancestors and Elders, past, present and emerging.
In terms of my position as a visitor on those lands, I state my lineage and purpose. I am Rees Quilford. I am a fourth-generation settler of Welsh-Irish descent. I am a writer, communications professional and a PhD candidate with RMIT University.
I was born and currently live on Bunurong/Boonwurrung land. I try to tread lightly, understand my place and listen to what it’s telling me.