Portal, 2025, 3.5m x 1.5m x1.5m, wood, plaster, silicone, motor, mirror, water, bricks, builders plastic, clay from local property

This work was created for When the Fog Clears, a group exhibition at the Franklin Watershed, presented by Constance ARI as part of the Ten Days on the Island festival. Drawing inspiration from the prevalence of fog in the Huon region and the history of the Franklin Watershed as an industrial apple processing and drying plant, the exhibition explores the dual nature of “fog” as both a natural and industrial phenomenon. Fog frequently appears across Greek, Norse, Native American and Celtic mythology as a portal to other realms or a veil between worlds. Expanding on my other work in this exhibition, This World (automated apple picker), this work imagines a portal into the future. Rather than a linear progression, change circles back like a pendulum.