I respectfully acknowledge the Wurundjeri people as the traditional custodians of the unceded lands, waters and skies where my studio is situated, and pay respects to their elders past and present and emerging and the stolen generations.
Installation, Shadow Sequence 2009
The shadow can be seen as representing the dark side of an individual
With the socially unacceptable behaviours becoming the shadow that faithfully lurks behind us.
1. Robert Casati , Shadow Tales of Knowledge and Power, Shadow Play pp 44 2. Robert A. Johnson, Owing Your Shadow: Understanding the Dark Side of the Psyche, pp4
The shadow can be seen as representing the dark side of an individual
“...[in] literary tradition[s], the shadow becomes a disconcerting guest, and image of evil...”1this idea is further supported by Johnson, a Jungian theorist, on the developing psyche:
“We are born whole... but somewhere early on our way... things separate into good and evil, and we begin the shadow making process; we divide our lives. In the cultural process we sort out our characteristics into those that are acceptable [and those that are not].”2
With the socially unacceptable behaviours becoming the shadow that faithfully lurks behind us.
1. Robert Casati , Shadow Tales of Knowledge and Power, Shadow Play pp 44 2. Robert A. Johnson, Owing Your Shadow: Understanding the Dark Side of the Psyche, pp4
