I acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands on which I live and practice—the lands of the Yugarabul, Yuggera, Jagera, and Turrbal peoples — and pay respect to Elders—past, present, and emerging—and acknowledge the important role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people continue to play within my community.

Emma Gardner is an artist and doctoral candidate at Queensland College of Art and Design. Her practice explores self-portraiture through textiles, drawing, and printmaking, reimagining pagan iconography and ritual with site-responsive methods that interrogate mythic embodiment and cultural narratives.