33.82’37335”S, 151.22’01075”E:
A response to Willoughby Falls and the surrounding bushland.
Often thinking of her works as unfinished fragments of memory. They sit within an archetypal landscape, by means of print, and assemblage. Facer’s current works incorporate the local Dharug language with delicate relief lined images, abstract hybrid landscapes, mono-print and found objects.
In 33.82’37335”S, 151.22’01075”E, we can observe screenprints and B&W photographs juxtaposed with lithographs created by English artist John Skinner Prout (1805-1876).
Arriving in Sydney in 1841, Pout was quick to establish a lithography company on George Street. And undertook a number of sketching tours in the districts around Sydney during his time in Australia. Returning to England in 1848, Prout continued to reproduce Australian bush scenes until his death in 1876.
In 1860 Prout painted the falls in all its glory. Right of the foreground we see a shadowed figure; presumably a Cammerigal hunter. The figure is surrounded by an abundance of fauna in a rather romanticised, but yet typical ‘touristic’ Victorian landscape; given the unlikelihood of interaction. Prout revisited these falls a number of times and in 1874, produced a rather sollom etching depicting a sole figure crouched on a rock at the base of the falls. This is the image I have in mind on my daily sketch of the falls. It is rather bewildering to think of all those who have walked these paths before us. What came before us and how the land will evolve post 2020.
In 33.82’37335”S, 151.22’01075”E, we can observe screenprints and B&W photographs juxtaposed with lithographs created by English artist John Skinner Prout (1805-1876).
Arriving in Sydney in 1841, Pout was quick to establish a lithography company on George Street. And undertook a number of sketching tours in the districts around Sydney during his time in Australia. Returning to England in 1848, Prout continued to reproduce Australian bush scenes until his death in 1876.
In 1860 Prout painted the falls in all its glory. Right of the foreground we see a shadowed figure; presumably a Cammerigal hunter. The figure is surrounded by an abundance of fauna in a rather romanticised, but yet typical ‘touristic’ Victorian landscape; given the unlikelihood of interaction. Prout revisited these falls a number of times and in 1874, produced a rather sollom etching depicting a sole figure crouched on a rock at the base of the falls. This is the image I have in mind on my daily sketch of the falls. It is rather bewildering to think of all those who have walked these paths before us. What came before us and how the land will evolve post 2020.
Facer’s works in this exhibition were produced during the residency at Primrose Park Artist Studios. North Sydney Council are gratefully acknowledged for their support in the provision of the studio.