The Crossing was made in 2016.
I had been struggling to find a way of crossing the cultural divide between my culture and Indigenous culture. I couldn’t do it. The gap was too wide so I decided to build a crossing. Because of the scale of the task, it had to be strong and heavy enough to survive outside, and wide enough to reach to the other side.
This is where The Crossing was made. February, 2016
When The Crossing was installed at Sculpture by The Sea, it was installed at Tamarama, where high seas rolled it over. It was subsequently moved to higher ground, (sand), to where the water had never been and it was rolled over again.
The Crossing rolled by the high seas. November, 2016
The sculpture was subsequently brought to Wamboin.
The Crossing installed at Wamboin May, 2020
The Crossing after rain. August 2020
That The Crossing has found a purpose as a consequence of last night’s rain cannot be read as having a greater purpose.
You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink.
It wasn’t so much we needed a crossing but some water to cross, perhaps.