While the World Waits
Arts OutWest Regional Touring Exhibition
2022-2023

About the exhibition

In 2022, artists from across the Central West have been asked to use the CD as a jumping off point and inspiration for new work. This unique opportunity for regional visual artists to create artworks in response to regional music has been a labour of love for Arts OutWest. While the World Waits Exhibition is a curated exhibition in which selected artists each respond to one or more tracks, title or words on the album.

The exhibition will showcase work from across all mediums. You will see painting, sculpture, drawing, ceramics, moving image, animation, photography, glass and textiles.

About the work

The space between stones, 2022
hand cut paper
76 x 58cm

A shovel thrust into the hard earth. White stones littering the dirt. Scoop after scoop into an old paint bucket. The weight of the half filled bucket on the walk to the back fence. Lift up and over. Start again. The physical act of clearing a backyard of pebbles. New homeowners learning not to fill garden beds with tiny, white, smooth, endless stones. New homeowners filling time during lockdown. 

This physical act of domestic labour is mirrored in the reflective and exacting practice of paper cutting. Starting with unmarked paper, surgical cuts explore the qualities, detail and shape of the environment. Stones appear from the negative space as images are ‘drawn’ with the blade. A tension exists between the pull of metal through paper, and the delicate strands left behind. 

This dedication to process aims to find a meditative acceptance in the face of the relentless noise of life. The resulting image presents a disconcerting strain between paper, negative space and the faint shadows cast beyond the work. Ultimately, it is as much about what has been removed, as what remains.