WHEN THE WIND BLOWS

Merilyn Fairskye 2015

Single-channel video installation
Custom screen
Duration: 13:00, stereo sound

Brief synopsis: When the Wind Blows depicts six scenes of apparently mundane nuclear landscapes and reflects my experience of these sites. The sites include nuclear-energy production, defence-related sites, radioactive waste and post-accident and remediated sites. Surrounded by secrecy, often located in remote environments or hidden away behind signs restricting entry, these sites are often beautiful and always, on investigation, compromised. Exhibited: Stills Gallery, Sydney, Australia. August 2015