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2021 Judges

Left to right: Peter Mckay, Nici Cumpston OAM, Michaye Boulter

Judges’ comments

This arresting image subverts conventions of landscape. Through the constellation of over 2000 time-lapse images, this work draws us in to contemplate a visual record of Brady’s Lake over 28 hours and 25 minutes. The creation of the image began on the first day of 2021 when Tasmanian nights are short. Recognisable elements dissolve and give way to the ephemeral, everlasting aspects of place – weather, season and time become the subject matter. There is a philosophical investment in making this image – rather than pursuing a singular ideal representation, it’s more about making change present. Drawing on Romantic tropes, Stephenson gives voice to nature. The wattle tree stands sentinel over the lake, a witness to the gestural movement of weather patterns across multiple frequencies.

2021 Winner

David Stephenson

Time Slice: Bradys Lake – Every Minute from 12:26pm 1/1/2021 to 4:51pm 2/1/2021

Pigment ink print from digital composite of 2064 individual time-lapse images

160 x 115cm

2021 Residency Prize Winner

Peta Kruger

Offset

Judges’ Comments

A bright, joyful, jewel-like work that reflects the meticulous process of making as much as the outcome. The materials used take us to the city streets and reminds us that the plastics we use will outlive us. She raises awareness of the products we consume and the effects this has on our environment and the part we play in repurposing. This work is a beautiful transformation of waste into a hopeful reordering. For her residency, Kruger will invite the people to Hobart to join her on a soft plastic collecting mission.

Residency Prize Presented by The Old Woolstore Apartment Hotel, The Salamanca Arts Centre and Artery

Honourable Mentions

2021 Mercury People’s Choice Award

MARTIN REK

Reverie

Carbon pencil and watercolour

76 x 92 cm

2022 Finalists