Ecdysis or molting is the process by which a crab sheds its old self when it has been outgrown, having generated a new self within. Crab communities perform this renewal of form together en masse. This project reflects a similar process, where a scouring of the internal landscape has allowed for cathartic expurgation of old stories. As they are given externalized form, receiving acknowledgment and expression, they are simultaneously released. A shedding of what is outmoded and out-lived. The viewer is invited to make interpretations via their own internal stories and notice what is ready to be shed.

Emily McGregor is an interdisciplinary artist, based on the east coast of Australia, where changing light and elements, alongside the merging of land, sea and sky, provide constant inspiration.

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