Holy Bodies of Water , words by Anna McCracken, art by Claire Bridge (captioned)

Holy Bodies of Water

(captioned)

words and text by Anna McCracken

9.28 min

commissioned by the artist

Claire Bridge

artwork by

Claire Bridge

Trans-formation

2025

glazed ceramic

67.5 x 38.5 x 33 cm

photography

Simon Strong

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Anna McCracken writes at thresholds between ecology, myth, and settler inheritance, where what has been exiled finds its way home, and story becomes repair. Find her work on substack & instagram.

https://annamccracken.substack.com/

ABOUT THE ARTIST

  

Claire Bridge is a multidisciplinary artist working across sculpture, ceramics, painting and installation in Naarm, Melbourne. Her practice explores cultural and ecological hybridity, drawing out obscured stories and making visible human and more-than-human webs of connection.

 

Claire’s work has shown in prestigious institutions including, ‘Melbourne Now 2023’, at the National Gallery of Victoria, NGV Australia, Art Gallery of NSW, McClelland Sculpture Gallery and Art Gallery of WA. Her work has been selected for biennales and festivals including Beechworth Biennale 2024, The Big Anxiety Festival 2019, and toured nationally in Fecund: Fertile Worlds, 2019. Claire has been the recipient of numerous commissions including the FCAC/West Space Commission 2022, Hyphen- Wodonga Commission and recipient of awards and grants by Creative Victoria, Australia Council of the Arts (Creative Australia), City of Melbourne and City of Kingston.

 

Public collections include University of Melbourne (SAB), Collection of the City of Maroondah, Honorary Consulate of Monaco, and the Lunar Codex on the Moon.

 

This project is proudly supported by City of Kingston Community Grants and auspiced by Arts Access Victoria.

https://www.clairebridgeartist.com/

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