BLAK DOUGLAS - SEAWEED MOB
BLAK DOUGLAS
SEAWEED MOB, 2018
image 100 x 20cm paper 110 x 30cm
Limited Edition Digital Print
REGION
Redfern, NSW
PROVENANCE
STORY
Blak Douglas has created a mural on the sea wall at Bondi Beach. Seaweed Mob (2018), a major work commissioned by Cooee Art Gallery, pays homage to the original inhabitants of Sydney’s south coast, the Gadigal. Having sourced what is reputed to be the only known photograph of a ceremony taking place on the southern end of the beach, he incorporated it into a panoramic photograph taken on his iPhone 5S+ when the beach was completely covered in seaweed. The image has been further enhanced using local rock carving imagery, stylised hand & foot prints and a ‘you are here’ map on left hand edge which traces the coastline like a ‘bloodline’.
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