Remains of the Day 2012
Close up photos of waste – cars, bottles, TVs, mattresses, wires and the other detritus of our modern consumer lifestyle are explored in this series.
The sheer volume of rubbish found in waste centres, tips and landfills is overwhelming. But there is also beauty - the dense patterns, textures and colours of the rubbish, sorted according to type, are both intriguing and attractive.
By ‘inverting’ the images the negative side or consequence of consumerism is emphasised. As an x-ray points out the weakness or disease in our body, so these photos expose our waste as being a shameful side of our lifestyle.
“Remains of the Day” was shown at Museo Italiano, Melbourne and The Photography Room, Canberra in 2015; Carlton Project Space, Sydney 2014; The Incinerator, Willoughby 2013; and PhotoAccess, Canberra; Leichhardt Library, Sydney in 2012.
Remains of the day 84 x 118 cm inkjet print, Kodak Professional Endura Metallic Paper. Edition of 9
With exhibition opener Michael Fitzgerald, editor Art Monthly Australia