5 Walks
5 Walks (Red Gallery, Fitzroy 2023) focussed on the five main routes Kate followed along the Birrarung, the mighty Yarra River, and the Merri Merri and Darebin/Dirrabeen Creeks during the 2020-2021 Covid lockdowns, sometimes with friends or family, sometimes alone. Although Kate has lived in Northcote for over 20 years, the precious recreation hours allotted during the lockdowns took her daily to the waterside, where she found great solace in the local birdlife and the changes wrought by the seasons.
In the intervening years since her last solo exhibition in 2016, Kate has expanded her practice, exploring ways connect works with specific sites and to reflect the experience of being in a place. While still using traditional printmaking techniques, she also uses eco-printing and dying, fibre art, glass art, photography and video to engage the senses of the viewer. The exhibition also included a collaborative video, edited by Scarlet Sykes Hesterman, intended to transport the sights and sounds of the river and creeks into the gallery space.
5 Walks is a celebration of the walks and the landscape, and a response and thank you to this very special part of the land, long cared for by many generations of Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people of the Kulin Nation, that she is lucky to share with so many others, including the non-humans that also find a home there - from the little critters in the water to the mighty trees that shade and protect us, to the wonderful tumbling waters on their way to the sea.
In the intervening years since her last solo exhibition in 2016, Kate has expanded her practice, exploring ways connect works with specific sites and to reflect the experience of being in a place. While still using traditional printmaking techniques, she also uses eco-printing and dying, fibre art, glass art, photography and video to engage the senses of the viewer. The exhibition also included a collaborative video, edited by Scarlet Sykes Hesterman, intended to transport the sights and sounds of the river and creeks into the gallery space.
5 Walks is a celebration of the walks and the landscape, and a response and thank you to this very special part of the land, long cared for by many generations of Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people of the Kulin Nation, that she is lucky to share with so many others, including the non-humans that also find a home there - from the little critters in the water to the mighty trees that shade and protect us, to the wonderful tumbling waters on their way to the sea.
