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.
Astron is based on the structure of a carbon atom. Carbon is one of the building blocks of life and all things, in the form of fuel for plants via light and photosynthesis and its byproduct, oxygen. Invisible to the eye it forms the basis for some of the strongest materials on earth such as diamonds and graphite. I have chosen to replicate its simple yet consequential atomic structure into a minimalist sculptural form.
Exhibited at Alex Cancian Menswear, 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.