Artist: Christian Andrew William Thompson, Christian Bumbarra Thompson
Date: 2012
Size: 120 x 120 cm
Museum: Ian Potter Museum of Art (Parkville, Australia)
Technique: Photograph
When Christian Thompson was eleven years old, he finished in first place in a breaststroke heat at his primary school swimming carnival. Post-race, breathless and dripping, he watched confused as event officials distributed cards to three other competitors indicating their respective first, second and third place. Finally, a little yellow peg was placed into his hand, signifying disqualification on a point relating to one fleeting movement of his foot. Thompson disputes the validity of the disqualification to this day. And fragments of the event, his sheer physical depletion, the intensity of his brother
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