18. Erin Daniell
Title: Bark Mothers Category: Emerging Artist Dimensions (cm): 5h x 15w x 5d Medium: Sterling Silver Rings (Set Of 5) Statement: “Bark Mothers” are a series of rings inspired by the beauty and presence of the eucalypts in the Adelaide Park Lands.Linnaean taxonomy would classify the eucalypt as non-sentient: from the myrtle family and the Plantae kingdom. But First Nations peoples have always regarded trees as part of their community; connected to spirit, connected to land, and connected to each other. Like mothers, trees are life bearers and life givers. The mother rings are made through the organic process of pulling and twisting wax to
19. Robert Dettman
Title: Colours of Place: Adelaide's Forty Parks Category: Digital, Emerging Artist Dimensions (cm): 33h x 84w x 3d Medium: Inkjet On Canvas. Statement: "The city of Adelaide has forty parks, gardens and squares. All but two have three identifiers: a number, an English name and an Aboriginal place name. Because a single photo can not adequately represent the diversity of Adelaide's parks, I sought to create an inspirational artwork representative of them all.To achieve this, a photo location was chosen in each park that epitomised the park’s character. All forty images were then anonymised by extracting a blurred 500-pixel x 6000-pixel strip. Finally, the strips
20. Brenton Drechsler
Title: Looking West Prize Status: Emerging Artist Prize Winner Category: Emerging Artist Dimensions (cm): 91h x 122w Medium: Oil On Canvas Statement: This work depicts the main asphalt path that divides Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi, down its centre. The view faces West, towards Hutt Street. The green and white stripe depicts my inhuman alter-ego, disrupting, disturbing and distorting the landscape. My alter-ego cares not for the rules of perspective or is overly fond of neat and tidy straight lines. The intention of my alter-ego is to subvert the landscape, twisting and turning its familiarity into something alternative. I do this to speak to my subjective queer
21. Brenton Drechsler
Title: Looking East Prize Status: Emerging Artist Prize Winner Category: Emerging Artist Dimensions (cm): 91h x 122w Medium: Oil On Canvas Statement: This work depicts the main asphalt path that divides Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi, down its centre. The view faces East, towards the Adelaide Hills. The green and white stripe depicts my inhuman alter-ego, disrupting, disturbing and distorting the landscape. My alter-ego cares not for the rules of perspective or is overly fond of neat and tidy straight lines. The intention of my alter-ego is to subvert the landscape, twisting and turning its familiarity into something alternative. I do this to speak to my subjective
22. Linden Edwards
Title: Was Here Category: General Dimensions (cm): 90h x 60w x 3d Medium: Encaustic And Oil On Panel Statement: Arborglyphs – the deliberate marking of trees is practiced across many cultures and traditions. People use these marks to commemorate important events and territory, as well as spontaneous emotions scratched onto trees. Often discounted as ‘just graffiti’, arborglyphs work to provide a context for memory, identity and values. They are akin to an archaeology of the tree, explicitly displaying layers of human interaction with nature, through seasons of growth and renewal. “Was here” is a statement not only about individuals and their actions, but also about