Dave Carswell
Flocculations #4 (2022)

Archival print on photo rag.

70 × 85cm

This work continues my interest in the contestation of space along the kanamaluka / Tamar estuary. The impetus is a campaign urging the public and authorities to 'Fix the mud'. Despite using the language of environmentalism, research reveals the campaign is being led primarily by entities with vested interest in the waterways. This conflict raises the idea of a socialised notion of 'nature' and encourages a critical understanding of what political, economic, and social interests dominate the discourse around the estuary's current and future use.

Dave Carswell is a photographer currently based in lutruwita/Tasmania. His photographic practice is rooted in documentary image making with his interests motivated by the intersection between nature, humanity and the built environment. Carswell’s work is concerned with the manner of anthropological intervention on the built landscape with a recent focus towards public space and the way economic, social and ecological influences shape contested spaces.

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