The Grass is Always Greener
Wollongong City Gallery
Wollongong NSW Australia 2012
The Grass is Always Greener 2012
Materials: timber chair, clothing, suitcase, window, photograph, timber ladder, wire, sand & salt
‘Local Currents’ WOLLONGONG CITY GALLERY NSW, Australia 2012
This site specific installation occupied a corner of the Wollongong City Gallery.
A theatrical setting for a displacement narrative. Each component is encrusted in salt with a ladder leading to an unclear destination, a window frame supporting the photograph that inspired the ladder (taken from a Kiev roof top) and a melancholy setting with a chair, suitcase & hanging outfit as if ready to leave, but possibly been left behind…..
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Sally Kidall 