Placed in a ‘world of increased communication, travel and migration’, the artist becomes femina viatrix, one crossing through signs and formats to relate to the contemporary traits of mobility in society.
A nomadic artist in an unfamiliar environment, instead of collecting postcard views, has a more specific focus, seeking to represent an engagement in the decentralization of the self. As a photographer, one can explore the disturbance of the habitual placement of personality by being enveloped by the unfamiliar as a means of expression. This can be linked to the experience of the place itself and the mythologies that are connected to its history.
Lily Toushek completed her practice led PhD research at Charles Darwin University in the Northern Territory, Australia on the possible representations of ancient mythologies about winds around the world through abstract photography.
