Silica explores territorial constructs and the boundaries of the real
and the mediated in an opal mining town in the South Australian
desert. Charting the journey of a film location scout, notions of
settlement and belonging are investigated through images of a
town in the midst of abandonment. Combining 35mm photography with microscopic and CG imagery, Silica blurs the actual and imaginary to probe ideas of value which support not only the gem trade but wider questions of identity and mythology.