NICOLE WELCH - SELF 2012
The Self series is autobiographical on one level and on another it relates the story of colonial women in Hill End during 1880’s who faced enormous hardship in a harsh landscape. The physical challenge of making the work through exposing the body to extreme cold was for me a way of charging the image with an undercurrent of adversity. Using myself as the subject personalized the work, helping me to really connect with the theme, while at the same time being a cathartic experience.