Terra Firma, Bianca Nemelc
The phrase ‘Terra Firma’ is defined as “the ground as distinct from sea and air” and this new body of work aims to investigate that distinction, blurring the lines between land, water and body. Questions arise during the creation of each work; what is the importance of rooting oneself to land physically or through ancestral lineage? How marginal is the difference between bodies of land, water and bones when each shares the same composition of basic elements? How can bridging the brown body to the land alter our relationship to place-politically and intimately? Each …