Inhabiting

Inhabiting is a collaborative project by Canberra-based artist Rebecca Selleck and Australian multi-disciplinary contemporary visual artist James Tylor. “As a new family, we trace our way through shifting realities, seeking a sense of place within the Australian landscape as their private scenes play out against a backdrop of ecological crises and political uncertainty. Through this series of domestic furniture and their accompanying photographs, they intertwine their contemporary family experience with Australia’s cultural and environmental history. Drawing on the family’s intercultural heritage, the work seeks to highlight the balance Aboriginal ancestors had with Country, the harsh impact of British colonial rule and the influence of new immigrant families.”