DEATH on
the STREET

300 snapshots of animals captured and portrayed in sequence of where they died in relation to the road.

A collage of over 200 snapshots of dead animals visually arranged by where they died to show the nature of death in relation to the road

Artist statement

The very nature of nature is to evolve and diminish, as with technology and the anthropogenic world. Our surroundings (natural and unnatural) change ever so gradually over time to become everyday life. Likewise, our fellow animals are also getting on with their daily lives, and often there is a collision between the two.

The Collage

In the exhibition Death on the Street, a photo collage is accompanied by large-scale wall murals that convey both the horror and harmony of death. The pictures are a real-world visual reference of wild creatures, domestic animals, sea life, birds, and even insects—some close to extinction, others considered pests that have died in our front gardens, pathways, urban streets, outback dirt roads, country highways, and even shorelines. The final result emerged with an inventory of image variables presented as a graphic arrangement of qualitative contents, curated and pre-arranged, open for exploration and interpretation.

The Collection

The collection, captured with phone cameras over 6 years, came about initially as correspondence with Marion Huxley, a scientist and colleague from Museum Victoria, whilst living in different cities on the east coast of Australia.