As I Stood Idly By

As I Stood Idly By is a media art installation designed as part of a creative arts staff exhibition marking the 40th birthday of James Cook University. The work takes as its basis the involvement, as a figurehead, of Queen Elizabeth II in the inauguration of the university. Reflecting on the role of the monarchy, or more importantly the lack thereof in subsequent global and considerably more tumultuous events, the work presents aspects of growth and decay at the microcosm level of the university itself, expanding out to draw on often conflicting narratives by media figures and wider juxtapositions of concerns regarding events and developments in society, science, politics, media and new technologies