An installation series from 1992-4

This series responds to the process of location and relocation. I looked at this idea in my first years in Australia and it was an effective way of finding some kind of orientation in a new location, and, specifically, a different hemisphere. Through using the 'gnomon' [the shadow stick of a sundial] space and time can be described. The gnomon - just a stick in the ground in this instance - outlines shadows at various times of day. Location is indicated by where the shadows fall around the stick. For example, if the shadows fall on the south side of the stick, then the sun is travelling through the northern part of the sky. The length of the shadows indicates time of year – the shorter the shadows, the closer to high summer the season. These photographs illustrate one day passing, with the first and last shadows roughly illustrating sunrise and sunset.