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Mark Ryan

 Cobargo, I don't hold the hose. 

 

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My work references the indelible marks left by humankind on the geological face of our planet. The Anthropocene. These works are focused on the Australian landscape, and the impact the colonial settlers have had on it the last 250 years, developing contemporary concerns of sovereignty, property rights and the contentious ownership of the land that was stolen by the British crown in 1770 from the indigenous custodians. I question how simple straight lines and fixed shapes can impose restrictions, divides and even trespass onto undulating topographies, stratified resources, or mobile populations via ever changing laws and agreements.