Tineke Van Der Eecken - 'A Place to Land' Softcover Book (tva089)

Small Softcover Poetry Book

PAGES: 85

DIMENSIONS: 350mm x 280mm x 35mm 

PUBLISHER: Mulla Mulla Press

PUBLICATION DATE: 2020

A PLACE TO LAND is the new poetry collection by novelist and poet Tineke Van der Eecken, published by Mulla Mulla Press. Within a suite of 74 poems, the poet explores the notion of 'place' - within a family, within an intimate relationship, within a country and within our world. This exploration is sometimes challenging and uncomfortable: what is it like to exist within a world that holds dysfunction and abuse? What is it like to be a European woman in an African country facing upheaval? What do we become from these experiences? How do these experiences resonate when landing in Western Australia? These themes are not new, yet the poet speaks with a new voice. As a multi-lingual, well-travelled writer, Van der Eecken offers insights and understandings that only one with diverse cultural immersion could produce.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Tineke Van der Eecken is a Belgian-born, Australian artist whose practice explores narratives of place. From her geographical and biological roots in Belgium to her home in Western Australia on the rim of the vast Indian Ocean, the scope of her narrative takes in oceans, wetlands and ancient reefs then delves deeply inward to the internal places of physical bodies. Her concepts are articulated through exceptionally crafted jewellery and sculptures, and objects that sit between these categories, as well as poetry and photography.

This item is available at Midland Junction Arts Centre.