Portfolio > 1:1 Airplane

In mid 2015, as a recipient of an Australia Council grant, I travelled to Arizona to undertake a project in an aircraft boneyard - a desert site where aircraft are stored and decommissioned. The desire to work with stationary and dismantled airplanes led from my previous research into global mobility, leisure travel and the unknown.

This project allowed me to have open access to numerous airplanes and resulted in a series of photographs and large-scale works on paper created through the rudimentary yet complex process of frottage.

1:1 Miscellaneous Airplane Part. DHL
frottage on paper maps
141 x 60 cm
2016
1:1 Wing Tip CRJ
frottage on paper maps
282 x 151.5 cm
2015
1:1 Wing Tip CRJ (detail)
frottage on paper maps
2015
1:1 Miscellaneous Airplane Part
frottage on paper maps
60 x 120 cm
2015
1:1 Airplane Wheel
frottage on paper maps
119 x 141cm
2015
1:1 Airplane. APU Cover (Spaced)
frottage on paper maps
119 x 243 cm
2015
1:1 Airplane. Chad’s Horizontal Tail
frottage on paper maps
141 x 119cm
2015