Not At Home

Cardboard, acrylic paint, National Geographic clippings, another bucket of glue

This collage is the result of losing my pencil case for about a week and not being able to draw anything. I knew I was going to do a collage because I honestly had no other choice, but I didn't know what it was going to be about. After flipping through some National Geographic magazines I decided to make a social commentary about how the indigenous people of - most countries, let's face it - but particularly Australia, are treated by the white government and society. I wanted to communicate their displacement in modern Australia, and draw attention to people I worry we have forgotten about.