No intention any longer to connect the pieces together with hinges. Instead I will simply hang them up from the ceiling in a line at roughly upper body or shoulder height. I am envisaging that they will be suspended by vertical wires at the top left and right corner of each piece. It will be possible to walk around the squares, but not between them. The side facing out from the relevant near wall will be the exterior painted side. The interior side, which is often in better condition, will face towards the wall. The wall itself will display a line of seven overall images, each composed of a column of four photographs. The line of photographs will correspond to the line of suspended pieces and will display the four states that are recorded for each cutting event: a wide general view prior to cutting; a mid shot of the uncut panel; a corresponding mid shot or closer shot of the cut panel; and a final shot of the removed square. I am also considering including a hand drawn map of the various walks and places where I found illegally dumped cars, but I doubt that I will have sufficient room. This may have to go in accompanying pamphlet that contains these blog posts. I am also contemplating arranging an actual walk that takes in all the sites, not so much as an opportunity to view the cut out panels in situ, but as a means of conveying something of the experience of walking through the escarpment bush – the strange mixture of beauty and desolation this entails.
I am also coming to the nagging realisation that I should be exhibiting this work in Wollongong. I will look into local exhibition possibilities once this Sydney show is finished.