To accompany her PHOTO 2021 commission at the Immigration Museum, South Sudanese/Australian artist Atong Atem presents a new body of work at MARS Gallery. Her practice explores migrant narratives, postcolonial practices in the African diaspora, and concepts of identity, home, and liminal space.

Monstera Obliqua uses photographic portraits, archival images and floral scans in sculptural, woven and collage forms. These works indirectly ask how we relate to our present and past, and what we choose to weave to create our concept of self.