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July 5, 2010
Suzanne is up in Brisbane, Queensland, for a weeks holiday with her sister Barbara and partner Mal (their blog). I'm down in Victor Harbor with the poodles, experiencing South Australia's winter of mild days and cold nights. I'm listening to music and seeking a space away from neo-liberalism's market mode of governance that creates a perpetual anxiety in us, and then privatizes stress.
Gary Sauer-Thompson, Agtet, Victor Harbor, 2010
I plan to spend the week down here working on some small photographic projects: some studio work, some landscape and some urbanscape. The latter is exploring the various crosses that mark road deaths and injuries on the main highway from Adelaide to Victor Harbor and Goolwa.
Gary Sauer-Thompson, crosses, Victor Harbor Rd, 2010
It is edgy work as the cars roar past at a 100km and there is not much room on the side of the road to set up tripods and cameras. So I am reluctant to use large format gear and a darkcloth.
There have been a lot of deaths on the highway from Adelaide to Victor Harbor or Goolwa for a variety of reasons: unsafe road, drink, speeding. The project is one way to explore a meaning ladened landscape that appears to be natural.
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