Published on Friday, 26 July 2013 at 12:00:00 AM
Contemporary artist Daniel Peltz, based in the U.S. and Sweden, will explore the range of meanings embedded in the action of mining in Tom Price through his art project titled when we dig, things come up.
Daniel resided in Tom Price for two months from June 2013 while hosting a series of workshops with local schools and community groups, including Wakathuni, where they focused on capturing sound recordings that represent ‘sounds of mining’.
The aim of the project is to develop a series of narrative fragments, culled from dreams and extended meditations, workshops with young people, local archival research, observations, conversations and accidental encounters with local residents and landscapes.
“A lot of the work is about listening, at this stage,” said Daniel. “I’m really interested in collecting narratives about this man Tom Price and this place Tom Price and I often approach that through an interest in people’s work… which links in with my desire and interest in connecting to and understanding more of people’s experience of this place,” he said.
Through this project, Daniel aims to engage local and international public in his exploration of the affective dimensions of mining and when we dig, things come up; an activity that sits at the core of the Australian economy and is the centre of ongoing debate regarding land rights, environmental risks and taxation.
The project is part of the spaced 2: future recall program, focused on exploring cultural identity through socially engaged art.
Daniel will return in 2014 to continue with the project.
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