Know Thy Neighbour #3: Beautiful Sunset Over Sacred Wetland
Olga Cironis and Duncan Wright are currently working with the community of Armadale. This residency forms part of one of Spaced’s current programs, Know Thy Neighbour #3.
Olga Cironis (represented by ArtCollective) is a multidisciplinary artist who explores the murky undertones and impact that history and memory have on personal and shared identity. She examines the notions of belonging in today’s cultural globalisation — in particular, appropriated histories and accepted attitudes on belonging in the Australian cultural and social landscape.
Duncan Wright is a Western Australian photographic artist and director, and the founder of West End Workers Studio in Walyalup/Fremantle. He studied under Max Pam and Kevin Ballantine at Edith Cowan University in Perth, before moving to the Vahland Academy of Fine Arts in Gothenburg, Sweden to finish his degree. While working commercially across a diverse range of clientele, Duncan also maintains an artistic practice that combines conceptual, commercial and journalistic approaches.
Over the December period, artists Olga Cironis and Duncan Wright approached the Know Thy Neighbour #3 curatorial rationale with an interventional mindset, specifically, looking at ways to integrate art into the daily lives of people living and operating within the broader City of Armadale. As the City’s local and free paper, the Examiner Newspapers felt like it struck the right balance between a subtle yet highly accessible canvas through which to display Cironis and Wright’s artwork.
As the second edition in their series of works, the double-page spread photo series features portrait shots of residents to the Harrisdale/Piara Waters neighbourhoods, who have spent time with the artists over the last few months and offered their insight into their relationship with the changing landscape of Armadale.
The quote “Beautiful Sunset Over Sacred Wetland” is taken from a reflection made by a local resident when considering their attachment to the natural environment of Armadale.