Yōko Kimura, Wherefore (CREATIVE 2020)

From a young age, I was taught – not necessarily explicitly but through example - by my mother to be kind to nature, be sure about the purchasing decisions I make, and reuse items, sometimes in quite creative ways. As an adult, one of the things this nurturing developed into is a concern for an individual’s impact on the natural and human environment, including society. Considering the clothing waste that the population is producing at an ever alarming rate, it frightens me to think of what would happen to all of it without the charities and businesses involved in redistributing this waste commodity as we refuse to curb our hunger for new items on a seasonal or even weekly basis. Some gets resold domestically, some exported, some turned into rags, and still, a portion of it must go to landfill. An iconic landscape and sacred Aboriginal site of our region is Woolumbin, or Mt Warning. This peaceful scene was juxtaposed with vibrant textile elements linking the natural and human environment in another. The playful colours of the clothing contrasts with the dreamy blue-greens of the landscape and the red light was used as a sign of warning.

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