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About me |
My preoccupation with the land as subject began in 1991 when I participated in an archaeological trip to the Middle East to document the now flooded region of northern Syria at Tel Ahmer. The archetypal deserts of Mesopotamia reminded me of me of the Ancient landscapes of Australia, and especially the deserts surrounding the River Murray at Mildura in Northern Victoria where, in 1886, my Canadian great grandfather William Benjamin Chaffey and his brother George established irrigation settlements that changed that landscape forever. After further immersing myself in that landscape, my way of seeing and my methodology has changed, especially in response to the call in 1998 for artists to make works for Mildura Palimpsest, when I began the ‘Garden Story’ trilogy. |
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ABC Radio National:
from 1997 to 2009 Hearing
Your Place - Acoustic ecology: Chaffey family
history: Garden Story
1 –2 Essay NB: Rio Vista Mildura Arts
Centre: Chaffey Graves
and Commemorative Garden Project: Mildura Wentworth
Arts Festival: Wish you
were here - Penrith Artist Led Projects (Wales): Just Add
Water: Australian National Archives Canberra: “8 x 8” Returning to Pittspace, Melbourne August 8th 2008 |