Benjamin Droege

Oct 21

Colour photograph depicting two pink sofas at sunset.

Colour photograph depicting four chairs, a lamp and a golf bag on a nature strip.

Colour photograph depicting a pile of rubbish on the side of a highway.

Colour photograph depicting a leather arm chair on a nature strip.

Colour photograph depicting a destroyed couch left on footpath.

I am a Melbourne-based documentary photographer focusing on social landscape and the things that exist within it. In my project Broken Possessions, object-orientated-ontology inspired my investigation into the relationships that exist between objects and humans. Through documenting what households dispose of in their hard waste collections, I found that location, numbers of residents, dwelling size and level of disposable income are contributing factors towards what a household throws away. Over a span of nine months, this series acts as a journal of the objects I found detached from and abandoned by their human counterparts.

Allan, 2020
Pigment print
420mm x 594mm

Woodland, 2020
Pigment print
420mm x 594mm

Pacific, 2020
Pigment print
420mm x 594mm

Robert, 2020
Pigment print
420mm x 594mm

Shield, 2020 Pigment print
420mm x 594mm

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I have been collaborating with Louise Jennison since 1999, making artists’ books, collages, large-scale installations, prints, drawings, zines, and various tales. Besotted still, it appears, with paper for its adaptable, concealable, revealing nature, we use an armoury of play, the poetic and familiar too, with the intention of luring you into our A(rtists’ books) to Z(ines).

As artists and wildlife carers, our practice frequently concerns the natural world, addressing themes of conservation and biodiversity. Our home-based studio is also home to our wildlife shelter, Tiny but Wild.

I collage with words about dance for Fjord Review.

http://gracialouise.com

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