‘Terra Australis Incognita’ is a continuation of ideas that were first developed in a body of work produced in 2006 called ‘Waking Dreams: An Australian Portrait’.

In this recent work I have begun to explore issues concerning identity within an historically colonial context. This has come about through my interest in exploring different connotations of ‘colonialism’ from an African perspective, where I was born, as compared to the Australian experience.

The concept of ‘terra australis’ was based firmly within a colonial epistemology. To this day this continues to have an impact upon contemporary notions of Australian cultural identity.

Marc Standing, 2009

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Marc Standing


Terra Australis Incognita I	To Mulga Country	Reverence V	Reverence VIII


Teraphim II : The Feminine Numina	Revoluntionary Propagation	Teraphim I : Habeas Corpus	Truancy and Other Trivialities


The Flagellants	Terrible Tweeny Terror	Bleeding Open Hearts	Effigy I


Effigy IV	Mammalian 2	Mammalian 3	Homeward Bound


Backyard Bliss	We Can Be Heros	Sweet Banality	The Calm


Pretty in Pink	Bent	The Matriarch	Nipper 1