a connective reveal—moondang dandjoo koorliny, 2023
Ochre, oxides, and chalks on calcium carbonate. 60 x 40cm. Edition of 40 + 2 AP

Robert Andrew is a descendant of the Yawuru people. Yawuru Country is the lands and waters surrounding Rubibi (the town of Broome) area in the Kimberley Region, Western Australia. PICA is on the lands of the Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation. Andrew consulted with Whadjuk Traditional Owner Elisha Jacobs-Smith who gifted language to this work.
‘moondang dandjoo koorliny’—everything moving together’

Andrew’s work often combines programmable machinery with earth pigments and language. a connective reveal—moondang dandjoo koorliny was formed using a mechanism that precisely projects water onto a prepared surface. The mechanism directed by language slowly etches back through stratums of white chalks into ochres and oxides. The ochre red flows from beneath the white surface and onto the stark black canvas—building new typographies reminiscent of the shifting landscape and moving waters of this Country. The gradual build-up and pooling of colours bring forward new stories informed by each mineral layer of the work.