If you go for a run through the backwaters of the internet you may stumble upon an organisation with a curious name, The Long Now Foundation. In our world of high-speed distraction, where five minutes can be an eternity, this institution wants us to refocus and think differently about humanity’s relationship with time and the future. They hope to…
Catalogue essay for ‘continuum: Independent animation from Japan and Australia’ exhibition at The Japan Foundation, Sydney. February to July, 2022.
There is something in the irregularity of the handmade object that speaks to our deeper selves; reviving for a moment a prehistoric human urge to manufacture things with our hands. These imperfections awaken within us an empathy of the hand, an acknowledgement of the tactile sense we all share. In our world…
