IMA Belltower: Jenna Lee
Archive of an Invasive Native 2020
Jenna Lee
Archive of an Invasive Native 2020
IMA Belltower Façade projection work, developed in collaboration with Jenna Lee’s work that is part of an ongoing response to a collection of Australian native gum trees in the Kew Gardens, London. Far removed from their country, Lee finds comfort in the plants’ ability to thrive in a hostile environment, drawing parallels with her own separation from home.
Multidisciplinary artist, Jenna Lee’s practice explores the act of identification and labelling, and the relationship between language and object. Lee is a mixed Larrakia, Wardaman, and Karajarri woman who is currently living and working between Brisbane, Melbourne and the United Kingdom. While in the UK she has been exploring museum and archival collections, uncovering hidden artefacts and objects and revealing the stories of her ancestors embodied within this cultural material.
Curated by Freja Carmichael for the IMA Belltower
Photos & Video: Charlie Hillhouse.
Jenna Lee’s façade projection, installation view, IMA Belltower at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts.
