Grounding on the high rise - Durational
film works.
Collingwood High Rise Estate is an easily immersive environment; whether
you rise or fall.
For 3-months I was slowly swept up in its richness, insights and
authenticity. Preconceived ideas could
have blocked the sight of the estates gifts; togetherness in what's
perceived as falling apart; warmth in what's assumed cold and feared.
Most morning and afternoon, I would capture the same moving image of the estate
from Platform 1 of Victoria Park train station.
An opportunity to find a common ground with a place that I'm not
from. The light shifted, painting
people's homes in infinite portrait, with rising sunlit hue. Everyone likes a sunrise.
Below are images taken from one of many durational filmworks.
Standing, smoking cigarettes; appreciating the block.
I think on some level we get each other.
