187 x 93 cm paper, photo transfer, ink and charcoal,.                               
 

Exploring landscape as an expression of visual appropriation, particularity and marked by inequalities of power Jane utilises the concept of the school chart, established as a system of understanding the world to challenge rooted notions of order and knowledge.  

 

Current conventional discourse implies that the withdrawal of colonial powers has allowed the global economy to function as a meritocracy, but patterns of appropriation continue to a devastating degree. Today the world’s most popular household companies sell products tainted by forced child labour, but the disconnect between maker and user has made the labour of these 168 million children invisible.

 

Using individual phototransfers taken from a 1960’s geography schoolbook and displayed in an infographic format Jane highlights how information, as fact, is laden with subjective views of the world which is in a constant flux. Accompanying each phototransfer are charcoal and ink drawings of children at play with items produced by child labour which draws attention to this disconnect.