The fetish of the image, the pleasure.

Intermediality - is the discourse. Temporality.

The real vs the spectral.

We have impatience for a duration. If the image does not explode, we will not wait for the explosion.

Take the image apart - what are the elements? Light, colour, space, objects. I want to control these elements, believe in them and make them mine. It is a powerless submission to an unknown known.

Is there an outcome? Am I centered a little more? Am I connected more? Sensations move from my eyes to my memory - to my body memory, the sensation of light on skin, the sound of water. My sensation is in that object; every hair that is moved by the wind is known.

How can we live without the unknown before us?

On My Shore.

These landscapes exist where the dreams and imaginings of the individual meet the reality of a landscape. Imaginings such as the limitless depths of oceans with their reflective surfaces and the colour of light filtering through trees create a departure point to explore a known or unknown space.

On My Shore is a mystical meshing of the fathomless, infinite space of sky and sea and the grounding, physical expanse of land. Dreamlike topographies are revealed, explored and small rituals are performed. On My Shore manifests unknown realities.

I have used analogue and alternative photographic techniques combined with post production processing. Long exposures and a hand-held production approach enable me to move my body with my camera in the image making process.

On My Shore will culminate with a self-directed research trip to the United States. I will visit landscapes previously known to be through movies and books and collective knowledge. I plan to produce a video work of my “first encounters”, projecting my idealised imaginings onto a now real landscape.