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.

For The Library Project, Berean and Foster invited 40 artists to select a book which has been critically influential to their artistic practice. These books are then placed within the library system accompanied by statements offering an insight into each artist’s choice. The artist statements have been collated to produce a book accompanying the installation.