From top: Alison Locke, Blood Stone [2010], Dark Lace [2010], Two Dresses [2010], Tracing Absence [2010] and Stream of Consciousness [2010]. Computer generated images printed on photographic paper, 50x70cm each.
“The works are based on ideas of death and how we live on in the memory of others after we have died. Many households in Australia have pictures of the dead in their living rooms as a way to preserve the memory of loved ones. But these photos can trigger a range of subconscious emotions – more to do with our own death than our loved ones – that help us overcome our fear of death. Humans are the only animal who are aware of our inevitable ending, and how much that violates what we’re striving for while alive. My work is about the images we create to help us deal with the inevitability of death. They are also about what we leave behind after we have died, the marks we leave on the world – the scuff marks on a pair of boots existing in a rubbish heap long after we have died…” Alison Locke
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