The Water Diaries

The Water Diaries is a new body of text-based works on aluminium by Ross Booker, where water is at the genesis of this exhibition. Growing up on the coast, water has always been central to Booker’s life, both culturally and physically. Residing now in Brisbane beside Maiwar (Brisbane River) and swimming laps regularly at the local pool, Booker claims that he is a person of both salt and chlorine.

The Water Diaries ‘tether’ the otherwise vast subject of water. Within them, the eye wanders into a puzzle, searching for emergent forms, in a similar way to which we look into water, searching for life, movement, divining meaning from the reflections of what is above as well as the mysteries that may be revealed beneath. The words held within the circle ask enigmatic questions, pose phrases, evoke meanings that open other socio- cultural questions into ways in which people and nature might interact, echo, and merge.

Opening event 11 October, 5pm–7pm.