A Game of Hunters and Hunted (Installation)
This work stems from an interrogation of personal memories from childhood. Growing up in the Great Southern of Western Australia, summer nights meant games of hide and seek. We would slink through the bush and wait with adrenaline surging for the torch beam to expose us. A thrill surrounded the process of donning a character for the purpose of a game, whether that be as the hunter, or as the hunted. In these moments, the distinction between myself and the things that I feared in the darkness would begin to blur.
The medium of installation has allowed me to physically recreate elements of this memory and allow others to step into it. The immersion of the viewer relies on movement, light and scent. Above the viewer, a layer of aromatic eucalyptus hangs from the ceiling. Projections of the nighttime narrative flash from wall to wall; bushland is exposed stark white by torch beams and yellow eyes wink from between trees. The images degrade as they are filtered through each panel of the fabric enclosure, mirroring the distortion of memory over time.
