Naturally Disturbed focused on researching historical narratives in relation to the pastoral frontier of the Gawler Ranges in the north west of South Australia. In her photomontages Sue draws on a curious collection of photographs left by her great grandparent’s, who in the early 1900s managed a pastoral station called ‘Yardea’ in the Gawler Ranges. Left with little tangible evidence of their past, Sue’s research has taken on a speculative kind of journey where, by attending to the past through the combined engagement of photographs, archival material and field trips, she has searched for ways to reach a more nuanced understanding of the cultural mirage that lies behind colonial settler culture and its relationship to the land.

South Australian School of Art Gallery, University of South Australia, 2010

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Naturally Disturbed, SASA Gallery, 2010 exhibition images:
Top: A Cautionary Tale of Overconfidence, giclee print on art archival paper
2nd Row: Left: Naturally Disturbed, Installation detail, SASA Gallery:
Middle: Hearing Loss (foreground) copper wire, sound, furniture, Angelfire (background)
Right: Installation detail, night parrot in kangaroo grass, stool, rocks.
3rd Row: Left: Unnatural Causes (foreground).
Middle: Unnatural Causes, installation detail , 2010, mixed media.
Right: For better or worse, 2010, photomontage, giclee print on archival art paper.
Bottom Row: Left: The coexistence of comfort and threat, 2010, giclee print on archival art paper.
Right: The Past Remains, 2009, kangaroo bones, map, timber box.