From Doug Heslop’s ongoing Archetype Project, this work attempts to connect the historical notion of
the Australian figure in landscape painting with contemporary performance and object making.

A masked mystical creature is filmed journeying through the surrounding landscapes of Frankston.
It roams the fringes of urban sprawl where the bush meets with the man-built environment.
From another world, yet bound to earthly concerns, Heslop’s sinister character risks appearing somewhat comical in a society
increasingly immune to shock.

Consisting of three photographic transparencies and a video excerpt from the filmed performance,
"Beyond Utopia" brings an ethereal and eerie dimension to the modern urban reality of central Frankston.