Last September I was diagnosed with a blood cancer, Multiple Myeloma.
My first appointment with an oncologist took place at the cancer clinic at Bendigo Hospital. I remember entering the building for this appointment feeling as if I were in a bad dream.
Treatment for this chronic disease began also at this hospital in the Oncology ward.
After some time I began to be comfortable here and welcomed the routine of treatment that meant I could walk without using a walking stick and be without pain.
Exercise physiology was another form of treatment that gave me confidence in my body once again.
Now 8 months later the myeloma is gone, hopefully for years.
I wanted to celebrate this building that holds many people within its walls, all with their own hopes and fears.
The found photograph presents a mystery that invites the viewer to find a solution, or to give it new meaning.
It’s an engaging game, because all 308 photographs appear to have been taken in Japan between 1930s-60s, but were found in Geelong, Australia, in 2015. None were taken here, and yet a seller had acquired them from a deceased estate. But who was the deceased? The stall-holder at the flea market in Geelong could provide no answers, so it is…
