Willy Willy (edge of town)

 

willy willy (edge of town)	2024	digitally printed banner on fabric	multiples
		Artwork, image and photography © Perdita Phillips	wonder
187 x 140 cm		Edition of 3 (unique state)	$1950
Digital print (negative from Dwyer and Mackay collection) on organic cotton canvas
Project: Terrane Project	2023	Kalgoorlie/Boulder/Karlkurla
Exhibition: Rock Love	2024	Artgold, Boulder
Exhibition: Collected Habitats	2025	Ellenbrook Arts, Ellenbrook

willy willy (edge of town) was created as part of the Terrane Project, an Art on the Move residency at the Museum of the Goldfields in Kalgoorlie-Boulder/Karlkurla. Using an unusual outdoor action shot from the Dwyer and Mackay Collection, it shows the dusty, chaotic passage of a willy willy through the bare backstreets of the town. The Terrane Project brought together the archive, the woodlines, and the underlying mineral realm.

Dust on the breath… dust expired, dust inspired …dust in the town, dust in the streets and in the archives …dust in the lungs… dust from open pit blasts, the land rises in dust storms (made worse by timber-getting) …is she breathing in or out?