About the project
Australia has an incredibly faught relationship with one of its apex predators: the Dingo. In Ten Eighty, I examine the animal, its treatment since colonialisation, ongoing persecution and how it is destroyed. The animal is a problem purely because it attacks sheep and the reality is agriculture and conservation are at odds.
This is a wide-ranging and expansive project, as the continued persecution of Dingoes occurs nation-wide. Australia is home to the world’s largest environmental barrier - the Dingo Proof Fence - which exists purely to exclude the animal. Several states in Australia, despite the nation leading the world in exctinction, have legislated execution orders - requiring landholders to kill Dingoes if their presence is detected.
In Australia, the tension between agriculture and animal is one that has always been ruled in favour of agriculture. Yet, as farming patterns change, relationships to animals evolve and consequences of exclusion become more pronounced this project is centered on the question of ‘is this the best we can do?’.
My role
Artist, researcher, exhibition designer, public program co-ordinator.
I photographed for 4 years, worked along key researchers at UNSW and other instutitions to ensure accuracy.
I partnered with Australian Dingo Foundation, Arid Recovery, UNSW, Dr Bradley Smith and many individuals to produce the most accurate and meaningful images that I could.
Outcomes
Publication: Ten Eighty (Tall Poppy Press , 2026)
Solo exhibitions: OFFICE (2026)
Group exhibitions: Counter sites (2025), Deakin (2025)
Media: Exhibition review