Peel Island Leprosy Lazaret Residency
"So many of his images focus on the deterioration of surfaces—the rust on enamel pots and implements, the highly textured bark of a tree, the pitting on metal, the patina on an abandoned cicada shell. He speaks of it as a place where everything is falling apart—the buildings, the implements, the history, the memories. He speaks also of the slow deterioration of the human body as the effect of Hansen's disease gradually took hold. Moe's description makes me recall aspects of African writer Chinua Achebe's classic novel 'Things Fall Apart', where the effects of colonialisation are exposed as mechanisms that cannot survive without constant monitoring. And Moe's images seem so often to refract the dying ideas of social control and fears of contamination."
"So many of his images focus on the deterioration of surfaces—the rust on enamel pots and implements, the highly textured bark of a tree, the pitting on metal, the patina on an abandoned cicada shell. He speaks of it as a place where everything is falling apart—the buildings, the implements, the history, the memories. He speaks also of the slow deterioration of the human body as the effect of Hansen's disease gradually took hold. Moe's description makes me recall aspects of African writer Chinua Achebe's classic novel 'Things Fall Apart', where the effects of colonialisation are exposed as mechanisms that cannot survive without constant monitoring. And Moe's images seem so often to refract the dying ideas of social control and fears of contamination."
In early 2008 an artists' residency was established as a collaborative venture between the Environment Protection Agency, Queensland and the Queensland College of Art. The residency continues the work undertaken within the QCA's SECAP (Sustainable Environment and Culture, Asia-Pacific) research Initiative. Source: The Peel Island Artists' Residencies
© Pat Hoffie 2009
Moe Louanjli
"Fridge 1"
Archival Pigment on Cotton Rag Paper, 120 x 120cm, 2008.
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
Archival Pigment on Cotton Rag Paper, 120 x 120cm, 2008.
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
Moe Louanjli
"Sun"
"Sun"
Archival Pigment on Cotton Rag Paper, 120 x 120cm, 2008.
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
Moe Louanjli
"Bath House"
Archival Pigment on Cotton Rag Paper, 120 x 120cm, 2008.
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
Moe Louanjli
"The Gums"
Archival Pigment on Cotton Rag Paper, 120 x 120cm, 2008.
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
Moe Louanjli
"Bottles"
Archival Pigment on Cotton Rag Paper, 120 x 120cm, 2008.
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
Moe Louanjli
"Indigenous Hut 1"
Archival Pigment on Cotton Rag Paper, 120 x 120cm, 2008.
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
Moe Louanjli
"Indigenous Hut 2"
Archival Pigment on Cotton Rag Paper, 120 x 120cm, 2008.
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
Moe Louanjli
"Corrugated"
Archival Pigment on Cotton Rag Paper, 120 x 120cm, 2008.
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
Moe Louanjli
"Fridge 2"
Archival Pigment on Cotton Rag Paper, 120 x 120cm, 2008.
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
Moe Louanjli
"Hut"
Archival Pigment on Cotton Rag Paper, 120 x 120cm, 2008.
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
Moe Louanjli
"Memory"
Archival Pigment on Cotton Rag Paper, 120 x 120cm, 2008.
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
Moe Louanjli
"Traces"
Archival Pigment on Cotton Rag Paper, 120 x 120cm, 2008.
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
Moe Louanjli
"Utensils"
Archival Pigment on Cotton Rag Paper, 120 x 120cm, 2008.
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
Moe Louanjli
"Water tank"
Archival Pigment on Cotton Rag Paper, 120 x 120cm, 2008.
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
Moe Louanjli
"Loo"
Archival Pigment on Cotton Rag Paper, 120 x 120cm, 2008.
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
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