In its inaugural year TRAILS finalists included artists from Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales. The works reflected a range of media, techniques and experience, providing viewers with a broad spectrum from which to cast their People's Choice vote.
Issues of identity and belonging are exemplified in Noah’s Ark, where Tate philosophically contemplates human folly and the direction of Australian society. In response to 2020 events, the narrative tale and personal artifacts that influence this work expand on his satirical mythology of spirituality, wonder, death, and decay.
Exhibited at Portland Studios, 2021
Held on the lands of the Gunditjmara people, we wish to acknowledge them as the Traditional Owners and we pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.