No place like home, 1999 
single-channel digital video (colour, sound)
3 min 55 sec 
Edition of 15 

A woman stands on the road in Perth’s King’s Park at night, a piano faintly plays Somewhere Over the Rainbow, road signs lit up by cars flashing by in the darkness. 

Destiny Deacon is a descendant of the KuKu (Far North Queensland) and Erub/Mer (Torres Strait) people. Since the 1990s Deacon’s work has been primarily involved with performative photography, exploring Indigenous identity with often provocative and humorous imagery that mocks and satirises clichéd and racist stereotypes. Partly autobiographical and partly fictitious, Deacon’s work is an insightful comedy that is effective in establishing a discourse about political, Indigenous and feminist concerns.

Represented by Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery (Gadigal Country/Sydney), Booth D1.