Climbing country, 2001
Lomandra, variable dimensions
collection the artist

This art work physically consists of three long ropes each of about one inch diameter
and 12 foot in length. I made them by hand twining handfuls of continuous strands of lomandra
(a bulbous plant with long leaves ideal for creating string) and to complete this work each rope has large knots
 tied at even intervals along its strand. The knots suggest an intention to remember, they interrupt each rope
in a rhythmic recall to something I have forgotten in this environment I now live. Installed in proximity these three
ropes tell my wish to move beyond what is the physical realm to move out of the gallery, or other exhibiting space,
and upwards and outwards to a greater understanding of my country, people, practices, culture from where I come.