When I look outside my shoes creak
Centre for Contemporary Photography (CCP)
Friday 17 June 2011 to Sunday 07 August 2011
Exhibition
previously on
at
Centre for Contemporary Photography (CCP)
in
Fitzroy-Collingwood precinct,
Victoria,
Australia
Last year, during an Australia Council residency in Liverpool, UK, I shot this footage of the Matthew Street Festival from the window of my apartment. Originally a celebration of music by The Beatles, the festival now celebrates tribute bands from the UK, it is now so popular there is a huge police presence to control the masses.
Through the lens of my camera I saw individuals blur into a singular mass as the sound of creaking floorboards under my feet caught my attention. In stark contrast to rhythmic bass sounds that filled my senses I suddenly became conscious of myself as an individual amidst the millions. Similarly, I engage with cultural discourse from nerve centres like Berlin and London from a distance. The work reflects this – a process of integrating contemporary influence from afar, in a context of ‘home’.
Location
Centre for Contemporary Photography (CCP)404 George Street
Fitzroy-Collingwood Precinct
Victoria
Australia
