Tash Maeva’s project Spinifex on my side explores the stark differences between rural living and city dwelling. These differences weigh heavily on hope and opportunities, revealing ways in which the audience finds themselves experiencing displacement in areas that feel foreign to them or even familiar. Maeva relates this experience of estrangement to feeling lost in the Pilbara, where racism was always prevalent and representations of friendly small town locals were starkly different to reality.

Supported by PICA’s Art Ambassadors.