But being an island, there's only one way on and one way off. |
The artists were referring to their own traditions, but because of the melting pot of the group they moved beyond that as well. |
The idea was to get a number of artists from different regions and cultural backgrounds together in the Top End. We wanted to make it a women's project because of indigenous women's association with plants. |
We really wanted each artist to respond from their own practice, so the images have a commonality of the experience and the subject matter and the etching process, and also the diversity of the artists' background. |