Landscapes of Loss
Landscapes of loss Polaroid and prose speculation.
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Tag: Quilford farm
Echoes of Jim Mc
This story about Jim McDonnell – a man who would be remembered as the last hut dweller of this coastline – could be set at many different points in his lifetime. It could be framed around the teenage Jim, a skinny cocksure kid learning the ropes underground as an apprentice on the Wonthaggi mine.
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In the Paddock
A layered mixed-media articulation of the ecological footprint of industrailised agriculture in response to a tractor left abandoned in the paddock.
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Old Jim Mac
Old Jim Mac and his dog Pluto lived a long time in their cliff hut. Most folks took no notice
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The Same Aspect
My grandmother assumed this aspect nearly forty years previous – easel, paint, tea in a thermos perhaps, two-year-old Easter eggs for sure.
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Rewilding Wreck Beach Farm
Fences delineate once-open plains, tracks and trails have been tarred, diesel fumes catch on the breeze, trees have been felled and burnt, and ‘for sale’ signs accompany the front gate of every second property.
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