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- HIGHLY COMMENDED -

MINNAWARRA ART AWARDS

Oil on recycled metal number plates, shoelaces

The code is part of a series celebrating the growth of women’s AFL in Western Australia called ‘Keeping Score’.
My interest stems not from a keen interest in AFL football, but rather in the role the game plays in defining our national identity. Footy is the heart of community connection and cohesion at its best, or at its worst, underlining division and exclusion.

As an outsider to this national cult, the transcendent passions the game evokes echoes something akin to radical religious fervour: rules hidden within rules, norms within norms. In the same way a heretic risks being burned at the stake, women young and old brave the fire and scrutiny to sample a little white line fever for themselves. And I love them for it.
The wonderful women (and men) of our West Kimberley community league show us all how powerful inclusion can be. This is my way of honouring them.