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We worked with Relationships Australia and community members to create a memorial to recognise Past Forced Adoptions in South Australia. The artwork is called ‘The Space Between’. The project brief was to convey the grief and loss of forced adoption, the experience of both the mother and child. The black granite rock is ‘a perfect metaphor for the gravity of the separation of forced adoption’. The crack shows the obvious separation of a whole.
The dedication on the memorial written by the community reads “This artwork is for all those whose lives have been profoundly affected by adoption separation practices – for the loss suffered by many, for the ongoing grief and pain experienced by Mothers who lost their children, and for Adoptees who lost their identity, heritage and family”.
'The Space Between’ raises awareness about the ongoing effects of adoption and separation, and gives the community of people affected by these practices a place to meet, support each other, to feel strong and to heal.
Photography by Craig Arnold of She Creative
We worked with Relationships Australia and community members to create a memorial to recognise Past Forced Adoptions in South Australia. The artwork is called ‘The Space Between’. The project brief was to convey the grief and loss of forced adoption, the experience of both the mother and child. The black granite rock is ‘a perfect metaphor for the gravity of the separation of forced adoption’. The crack shows the obvious separation of a whole.
The dedication on the memorial written by the community reads “This artwork is for all those whose lives have been profoundly affected by adoption separation practices – for the loss suffered by many, for the ongoing grief and pain experienced by Mothers who lost their children, and for Adoptees who lost their identity, heritage and family”.
'The Space Between’ raises awareness about the ongoing effects of adoption and separation, and gives the community of people affected by these practices a place to meet, support each other, to feel strong and to heal.
Photography by Craig Arnold of She Creative