101 Graham Street (2022)

_{101 Graham Street, 2022
Permanent Video Art Installation, Parramatta Square, Parramatta, Sydney Australia
Single Channel Video, Text, audio, collaborative drawings, conversations and shared meals,
820 x 270 cm LED screen [31.43 min]}

_{Named after my family’s first street address in Sydney, 101 Graham Street explores the hopes and dreams of three working-class families who call Parramatta and Western Sydney home. The film documents a series of intimate conversations, collaborative drawings and meals partaken by a migrant family, a group of Westfield retail workers and a family of Parramatta Eels supporters. These stories touch on themes of humanity, warmth, migration and resilience; stories of working-class families who have chosen Parramatta as a place of work and rest.}

_{There are certain shared memories lived by those who know this area: the frantic rush to and from Westfield, the endless procession of cars crawling between Parra Rd and the M4, the grease of plastic takeaways on sale, the burn of hot chips and chicken salt. Filmed live and unscripted, this work seeks to capture the participant’s conversations with gritty realism and joyful honesty. The footage is shot from above, consisting of two flat-lay compositions playing simultaneously side-by-side: eating on one side and drawing on the other.}