Deathgate

DEATHGATE 48 To those who were instrumental in the realisation of this project. Without these people, I honestly don’t know if this work would exist as it does. Alexandra Lawson Sue Lostroh and Sandy Pottinger Steve and Wendy Roche Laura Trenerry To those who believed in this work and my ambitions for it, who encouraged and supported its production, who documented its progress and who offered both mind and muscle as it moved forward. David Akenson Laura Black Emily Devers Grace Dewar Brett and Yvonne Elborne Stephanie Outridge Field James Green Ursula Hanes Kyle Jenkins Cass Kowitz Kirsty Lee Lachlan Malone Mark Mason Hannah Roche Luke Shirlaw Robert Hogan Alexis Tacey Lexi Tacey David Usher Grace Yu To those who assisted me in physically counting 130,000 of the fired ceramic ‘stones’, thank you. Aaron Barton Peta Berghofer Brett Elborne Yvonne Elborne Liam Fitz-Gibbon Jalcena Frost Vearney Frost Erin Hermann Campbell Lindsay Mace McGregor Alexis Tacey David Usher Deathgate was produced as the practical component of a Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) undertaken by Dan Elborne at the University of Southern Queensland (USQ). USQ provided the working space necessary to produce and complete this project of which I am extremely grateful. The PhD research was assisted by a Research Training Program Stipend Scholarship awarded through USQ. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS