Mel Castleman
Title: Cocoons
Medium: Found organic and manmade materials
Location: Chan & Naylor
Medium: Found organic and manmade materials
Location: Chan & Naylor
Artist statement
Cocoons represent hidden potential,
latent power, a resting time of unseen change between phases of action, growth,
birth, death and destruction.
This is me and my hidden connection
to the land. I am white skinned, grew up
in town. Not indigenous and not from a
farming family but I feel a strong connection to the land, to nature.
This “making” is Nichol’s Point
Cemetery and the surrounding bushland.
From an early age I liked this area and would ride my bike out here from
town to Bruce’s Bend. Since then friends
and family have been buried at the old cemetery.
This is my search for connection and
validation of belonging.
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