Traverse Exhibtion By John Pratt And Peter Mclean 2023

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Printmakers John Pratt and Peter McLean use collage and mixed media to explore experiential relationships with place and moving through the environment through the physicality and visual langue of maps.

Traverse -' tract thus surveyed' The dictionary definition of 'Traverse' provides a curiously open understanding of the term including the implication of 'Mapping'. The Map itself conventionally delivers an empirical and analytic portrayal of the landscape - however through its syntax of shape, colour, and text it also provides a felt archive of emotional and psychological presence. This series of cartographic collages playfully explores this experiential subtext.

Pratt is a graphic artist working across a range of media including printmaking, collage, drawing and projections in Public Space. Through a series of exhibitions, he has been exploring the impact of human presence within a range of natural landscapes and constructed environments, ranging from National Parks in the ACT to Southern Coastal zones to the streetscapes of the CBD.

McLean has a deep affinity for nature and the environment. Working across a range of printmaking techniques, drawing and installation, he explores the materiality of nature and our physical, emotional, and spiritual relationships with wild places. His practice combines traditional techniques and craftsmanship, a sense of play and willingness to experiment and a desire for his materials to be given equal voice as collaborators in his making process.