Homecoming is a mixed-media installation that contemplates the sentimental landscape aesthetics of English 'homeliness' and the Australian 'otherness'. The title 'Homecoming' questions what it is that crafts a sense of home, a sense of return in a place that is otherwise unfamiliar, and considers how the action of coming home, or homemaking, manifests.

The artwork draws on the concept of 'Acclimatisation Societies; community groups of European colonists developing from the 1860's, which aimed to introduce non-native species (both animals and plants) to (what they perceived as) unfamiliar environments, with the aim of transforming it into (what they perceived as) a more homely and hospitable place. The dining table, a ritualistic and central site in the home, is the setting for this installation, amplified further by the adaption of a colonial home built in the same time period that acclimatisation societies were at their zenith.

A collaboration with Samantha Dennis.

Homecoming: Narynna (2024)

Funded by Arts Tasmania. Presented in collaboration with the Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery (TMAG) and Narynna.

Homecoming: Franklin (2022)

Funded by Regional Arts Network Tasmania. Work in progress presented in collaboration with Beaker Street, agriCULTURED and Franklin House.