Introduced species series 1

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The photograph is the witness to existence of a period of time. It has the ability to memorialises an event, which questions our immorality and highlights the impermanence of our societies and cultural back drop.

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The premise behind the Introduced Species, Series One was to create a visual interpretation of how the original indigenous population may have witnessed the unannounced arrival of white settlers.

The location the photographs were taken is also of importance as it is in an area that was once inhabited by Tasmanian Aboriginals. Also of importance was that the site looks out on the expansive ocean towards the then unknown island of mainland Australia.

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These original custodians having relied on oral histories through the retelling of dreamtime stories is also an intricate element. The Aboriginals having not experienced people with white skin or clothing would also at the time been unaware of any distant land where humans inhabited.   

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The misty location provides a boundless environment to place the dream like transparent body. Did they perceived us as a dream, was fear felt on the first encounter? …….This I leave for the audience to interpret.

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Jennifer Dickens 2006-2008

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