Humpty Doom
Liss Fenwick
Bad News Books
English
Softcover
Edition of 500
112 pages
230 x 320 mm
2023
ISBN 9780473644338
Spanning 20 years, Liss Fenwick photographs the Larrakia Country on which their family lives, addressing the inevitable failures of settling stolen land. ‘I grew up in a rural district on the tropical fringe of the “northern territory”, Humpty Doo. Haunted by pictures I took as a teenager (some included in the book) I make photographs of the next generation of my family growing up in this place’ – Liss Fenwick. Darkly humorous and intimate, with the surrounding savannah environment, Humpty Doom engages with what it means to represent what will always be Larrakia land.
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About the Artist
Liss Fenwick is a visual artist from Larrakia country, living in Naarm/Melbourne. Their lens-based practice explores place and the transformation of problematic euro- and human-centred hierarchies in the so-called ‘Northern Territory’. Their recent exhibitions include Humpty Doom (2023), BACK OUT (2022), Natural History of Destruction (2021).
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(source: https://marsgallery.com.au/liss-fenwick-mastotermes/)
About the Publisher
Bad News Books is an independent publisher based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, New Zealand, established in 2015. Their primary focus lies in creating and sharing books featuring photographers and artists from Aotearoa (New Zealand) and Australia.
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