Sari Sutton

Very excited to be a part of this year's Head On Photo Festival Open Program, with my series, Stand Here.

Stand Here is a project that explores the human experience of global disruption - and what sustains us in dark and strange times. As a directive, it is a reminder of the limits of our individual agency, mobility and free will. When the ground beneath us rapidly shifts, our primal instinct can be to freeze, fight or take flight. It can also be a welcome invitation to slow down, take stock and reflect upon our real, enduring needs - economic and social, individual and collective. Existential risks dangle above us, not always seen, but definitely felt. As new waves of global uncertainty appear to lurch inexorably towards us, Stand Here invites us to pause and sit with the chaos and strangeness.

At the Civic Art Bureau, Canberra, from 12 November - 13 December.

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