The Expedition of the Artificer

We are individuals of artifice and change. Expeditions from our built environments to the wild trace filaments from which tendrils leading to the alteration of the explored inevitably extend. Here I have recalled Tasmanian places I have visited which are seemingly wild but bear the mark of our activity; that I could be in those places is, in itself, a mark of such change. With a shift in perspective, that which is introduced is filtered and becomes normalised. The intrusions, while not necessarily having their origin forgotten, become a part of the wild, establishing a cycle as the Artificer’s expeditions continue into and extend from those which came before.

Jason Cordero

2021, Hanger's Choice, Highly Commended

oil on linen