VELOCITY
2013
Materials: Handmade sugar tiles, hand painted
Temporary installation outside Brenda May Gallery, Sydney (Australia).
Part of exhibition called "Sugar, Sugar" curated by Megan Fizell.
Dimensions: 40.5" x 47"
The imagery relates to the Australia’s history of using forced or coerced labour in the sugar cane industry. This practice was referred to as “black birding”. The “Velocity” was the name of a black birding ship that would transport workers from nearby islands.
