This year TRAILS finalists included artists from across Australia. 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. TRAILS included large scale works in the main exhibition and small scale works in a miniatures exhibition.
In a study of children playing; seemingly innocent and detached from things going on around them, the empty clothing captures chilhood postures, movements and hints at childhood naivety before the mantle of adulthood. I wanted to challenge the viewer to protect and prolong childhood for as long as possible.
Exhibited at Moynes Fashion, 2023
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.