Tash Beckett
St Paul's College
WALLANDOOL
Documented Forms
Projected archival imagery, photography
Wallandool examines my family property and its long and intriguing history from the 1880s. My intention was to represent the memory of this place: its forgotten past, its remnants, and the traces of absence that linger across the landscape. Photographs from both the past and the present convey how memory endures and how remnants of history shape the lived experience of the site. Inspired by Linda Schwab, who layers imagery to evoke a dreamlike, nostalgic reality where subjects emerge and dissolve, my body of work communicates the living memory of Wallandool, a space where the past continues to speak.
My artmaking practice has been influenced by the study and interpretation of the following artists: Trent Parke, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Duane Michals, Stanislava Pinchuk, Linda Schwab, Tony Oursler.
Marker's Commentary
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