Felicity Spear

These works reference the navigational model of the sextant, the mapping of space using optical instruments, aerial views and a local landmark, the You Yangs Hills. These Hills were a vantage point for two cultures in collision: the Wathaurong Aboriginal people and exactly two hundred years ago the European navigator Matthew Flinders. An installation of paintings, photographs, contact prints, photograms and mirrors juxtapose and layer different points of view, aerial and multiple perspectives, some of which have been captured from the air while flying over these Hills. These works were created after being part of a crew sailing a yacht up the coast of southern Australia.