Observations of the Family Table 1, 2019. Archival inkjet photograph. 137cm x 95cm.
Observations of the Family Table 1, 2019. Archival inkjet photograph. 137cm x 95cm.

On witnessing the family dining table in the middle of the house – the centre place for years of gatherings, celebrations and bringing people together – filled with a large collection of black and white family photographs, albums, reading glasses, family trees, photo corners and sticky notes, I at once realised this was the critical element within how I could understand the Dion family legacy.

Observations of the Family Table, look to the organic nature of the archival process, finding smaller moments within it, that speak to the new moments of family, of finding out new things about one’s family, and thus new things about ourselves.

Commissioned by 4A Centre of Contemporary Asian Art and Wollongong Art Gallery.

Observations of the Family Table 2, 2019. Archival inkjet photographs. 137cm x 95cm.
Observations of the Family Table 2, 2019. Archival inkjet photographs. 137cm x 95cm.
Observations of the Family Table 3, 2019. Archival inkjet photograph. 137cm x 95cm.
Observations of the Family Table 3, 2019. Archival inkjet photograph. 137cm x 95cm.
Observations of the Family Table 4, 2019. Archival inkjet photographs. 137cm x 95cm.
Observations of the Family Table 4, 2019. Archival inkjet photographs. 137cm x 95cm.
Observations of the Family Table 5, 2019. Archival inkjet photographs. 137cm x 95cm.
Observations of the Family Table 5, 2019. Archival inkjet photographs. 137cm x 95cm.
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Observations of the Family Table 1, 2019. Archival inkjet photograph. 137cm x 95cm.
Observations of the Family Table 2, 2019. Archival inkjet photographs. 137cm x 95cm.
Observations of the Family Table 3, 2019. Archival inkjet photograph. 137cm x 95cm.
Observations of the Family Table 4, 2019. Archival inkjet photographs. 137cm x 95cm.
Observations of the Family Table 5, 2019. Archival inkjet photographs. 137cm x 95cm.
Installphotos_Bernie.jpg
Videosinstall2_Bernie.jpg
Videos1_Bernie.jpg
Videos2_Bernie.jpg
Videosinstall_Bernie.jpg
Observations of the Family Table 1, 2019. Archival inkjet photograph. 137cm x 95cm.

On witnessing the family dining table in the middle of the house – the centre place for years of gatherings, celebrations and bringing people together – filled with a large collection of black and white family photographs, albums, reading glasses, family trees, photo corners and sticky notes, I at once realised this was the critical element within how I could understand the Dion family legacy.

Observations of the Family Table, look to the organic nature of the archival process, finding smaller moments within it, that speak to the new moments of family, of finding out new things about one’s family, and thus new things about ourselves.

Commissioned by 4A Centre of Contemporary Asian Art and Wollongong Art Gallery.

Observations of the Family Table 2, 2019. Archival inkjet photographs. 137cm x 95cm.
Observations of the Family Table 3, 2019. Archival inkjet photograph. 137cm x 95cm.
Observations of the Family Table 4, 2019. Archival inkjet photographs. 137cm x 95cm.
Observations of the Family Table 5, 2019. Archival inkjet photographs. 137cm x 95cm.
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