Tokens of Connection (2022)

This participatory performance work revolves around individuality, community and connection. Building community through visual representation, participation and interaction, and fostering discussion and thought around concepts of collective identity and the dichotomy between the individual and the collective.

 By taking part, the individual becomes both represented (through a unique imprint) and simultaneously part of the collective group (through the display of the evolving work on the land). The process captures a series of moments in time: ones in which we (artist, participants and non-participating audience) come together to appreciate the evolving work, the space and each other.

This work also invites discussion on privacy, identity, and how the fingerprint, has now become a key or security password in our digital lives. Each fingerprint becomes lost amongst the many, and it is the collective that protects our individual identities.

Costume for performance created by Trashion.

Performed as part of Dessert Equinox night sculpture walk in Broken Hill as part of my first Art residency.