Australia » Objects

Beyond the Final Cut

The object is a certified umbilical cord from an unknown episode of The X-Files purchased by collaborators Katie Williams and Emma Hicks. This object, by its very 'propness', lacks a fixed identity. It is a placeholder, but it is also what keeps us tethered, a material bond that never quite withers away, a forgotten and elusive object. For us, loss is part of our DNA, I am a descendent of The “Stolen Generation” and Katie is a child of the era of forced adoption. These losses leave gaps, in both a definitive genetic history, as well as the construction of a fixed identity.

Exhibiting artists / ateliers

• Emma Hicks

, Sydney, Australia
Specialization: visual artist
Additional information: Emma Hicks is one part of the collaborative duo ek.1 (Katie Louise Williams & Emma Hicks). Their work explores embodied tactics and modes of expression that reveal in-between spaces. Hicks and Williams have an ongoing collective practice of eight years and are current Ph.D. candidates at Sydney College of the Arts in Australia.
• Katie Louise Williams

, Melbourne, Australia
Additional information: Katie Williams is one part of the collaborative duo ek.1 (Katie Louise Williams + Emma Hicks). Their work explores embodied tactics and modes of expression that reveal in-between spaces. Hicks and Williams have an ongoing collective practice of eight years and are current Ph.D. candidates at Sydney College of the Arts in Australia.