Stanwell Park artist Luke Player

Stanwell Park artist Luke Player on his works ahead of his exhibition at Clifton School of Arts. Video by Adam McLean

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00:00The show is Souvenirs. I guess it's inspired by souvenirs and kind of ephemeral things,

00:08things that people maybe don't fully value at the time that might be, you know, thrown away or

00:13not very well preserved. And it's kind of about valuing that kind of artwork and the labour and

00:22the passion and the beauty of those kind of objects like tea towels, matchbooks,

00:26old trumpet posters that might have been at like a railway station. You know, it's about

00:32looking at the overlooked things. But they're very much, I feel like, in the Australian consciousness

00:41that like everyone has that memory of tea towels. I feel like it's a big part of our culture

00:45and a very like particularly Australian souvenir, I think. So it's definitely a big inspiration

00:51for me. It's kind of represents the kitcheness or something of Australia and the beauty of

00:57it and the flows and everything.

01:00Yeah.