The images presented for the group show, “Glister in the Sun”, are centered around the ongoing theme of Haunting that I have been exploring for the last two years. First enacted during a residency in Oatlands, Tasmania, i have continued to use the metaphor of  haunting to grapple with ideas around histories that will not sleep until they are resolved. As someone who has personal histories needing resolution, and someone who is also a child of migrants from Sweden who were escaping their own grief and trauma, I have a close understanding of the way history rises up through time to reassert itself in the present until it is addressed. The images were created at Kulkyne/Mildura, on the lands of the Latji Latji peoples. They were created near an historic pumphouse on the river and they ask, what happens to history when it is not addressed? What happens to the people of the past whose stories are not heard? History, as we know, is written by the victors but history never stops speaking. There is always a time to look back and tell the stories of the past. The people of the past are still there, waiting to speak. 

The group show was presented at The Mill, in Adelaide, in 2024 and curated by the Mill Visual Arts Curator / Grants Officer Adele Sliuzas

The essay by Adele Sliuzas that accompanied the exhibition can be found here: glister in the sun essay for web.pdf