Canberra Art Biennial returns this year for the 5th edition. The Biennial presents contemporary mixed media artworks in the designed landscape of Canberra – presenting public art on the lands of the Ngambri people.
At the core of Kirstie’s installation for the Biennial lies a desire to understanding of our often-tenuous connections to place. Walking in these places, seeking solitude and distance, Kirstie draws on her photography and writing to inform her making. Alongside this inquiry is Kirstie’s in-depth knowledge of her primary material glass, and the processes she employs to create her work.
About the work Kirstie writes : ‘I leave the house, exploring places beyond the suburban. Place soaks deep under my skin and wraps around me. Being there. I record being there with camera, a sheet of glass, and my body. The surface of the glass offering a reflection of what is behind me, where I have been, laid over the way forward that is seen through the glass. The two views stitched together. Reveal. Each moment of pause reveals new details, a wonder of place, moment, light, and presence. Back home memory and being there cling to me.’
The mixing Room Gallery, Canberra
September 27 – October 26, 2024
Artwork Details: Untitled, 2023, Framed digital image, glass
Image credit: David Paterson