THE POOL GRANT 9 - DANI PEARCE | ROB FARLEY

All Our Strains is a photographic exhibition from video artist/creative director Dani Pearce and cinematographer/photographer Rob Farley. The installation of photography is a critical exploration of the Australian national anthem. The photographic installation is comprised of 54 images that each represent a word - reimagined pictorially - in the politically charged song Advance Australia Fair.&nbsp;Pearce’s concept has been strongly influenced by the work of Derrida and aims to deconstruct and reconstruct meaning - taking words with loaded connotations and disempowering said words by expressing new definitions. All Our Strains employs the use of Post-Structural thought systems to express a contemporary meditation upon Australian identity politics.&nbsp;Farley and Pearce have shot medium format landscapes between Melbourne and Alice Springs. These remarkable colour scapes are reminiscent of late-career Rothko and pay homage to the emotional nature of Australian colour worlds - unique and spiritual. Further, these vivid colour washes and horizons act as background tones to a series of contemporary portraiture of young Australians. These photographic works seek to imbue an outdated touchstone with a critical, emotive optimism through a post-modern pastiche. These images act as alternative horizons and cultural mirages. All Our Strains is a sanguine study of Australian identity; with the aim to encourage discourse around the unquestioned omnipotence of colonial superstructures and what they do truly say about us as a nation.&nbsp;All works © <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.danipearce.com/">Dani Pearce</a> &amp; <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://robfarley.co/">Rob Farley</a>

Dani Pearce & Rob Farley
The Pool Grant 9, All Our Strains

Dani Pearce & Rob Farley
The Pool Grant 9, All Our Strains

Dani Pearce & Rob FarleyThe Pool Grant 9, All Our Strains

Dani Pearce & Rob Farley
The Pool Grant 9, All Our Strains