O Jenny G, 2023
In a 1995 essay, the art historian Jennifer A. González coined the term ‘autotopography’ to describe how the accumulation of personal objects – heirlooms, mementoes, travel souvenirs and photographs – become physical extensions of the psyche, and collectively define a ‘map the self’. O Jenny G is a fanciful recreation of my late grandmother’s home and the arrangements of disparate objects therein – from the decorative to the utilitarian – which seemingly served as miniature altars reaffirming her existence.
Installation view, The Chills, curated by Annika Kafcaloudis at Oigåll Projects, Fitzroy.
Image credit: Annika Kafcaloudis