You, Me, They, We

Abstract

You, We, They, Me is a combination of 14 words paired together to form seven circles. The words are collected from the history of this North Fitzroy location―from the earliest Indigenous histories to the more recent past. This neon installation presents words of action, each indicating the possibility of a newly formed future. Each of these actions reveals a relationship to the habitation, and subsequent sense of ownership of the space, by the community. The words acknowledge that a community is comprised of individuals―the singular that constructs the many. They are a call to attention―of this location’s future as a carrier of the past―and as a place within which the community can be and ..