WALKING around Geelong on AFL Grand Final day in 2009 it would have been impossible to ignore the blue and white adorning homes, cars and shop fronts, and worn by local residents.
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Displays of TV screens in electrical stores echoed the fanfare.
For the football faithful, there must have been an overwhelming feeling of belonging and united purpose.
Artist Steven Rhall conveys an altogether different feeling.
For those on the periphery that day, this extravagant display may have instilled a sense of exclusion.
Rhall is one of four artists exploring indigenous identity in Octoroon, currently showing at the La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre.
Old TV screens frame his photographs and form a barrier between the subject and the viewer.
A voyeuristic sense of being on the outside is immediately felt. By challenging marginalising stereotypes,
Octoroon exposes the complex and multi-faceted nature of identity.