“Deleting the Monarchy”
Janenne Eaton
25 Mar → 9 Apr 2005

Our future: King Charles III, King of Australia.
How anachronistic is that!

Deleting the Monarchy is a recent work in my ongoing series – The Penal Colony.

I am fond of the ‘delete’ key on my computer keyboard.
I like the process of highlighting the unnecessary word, or the superfluous paragraph, even whole pages, then tapping the delete key
.. cleared space in a nanosecond.

Through a combination of processes and particular ‘format functions’ of analogue and digital video media I found a way to mimic the ‘delete’ move. I then applied it to a royal ‘procession’ of all the English kings, queens, princesses and princes.

Janenne Eaton is a Melbourne based artist. Her practice extends across media and forms to include painting, installation, video, historical archaeology and teaching. Her work is represented in public and private collections in Australia and overseas. Janenne is Head of Painting at the Victorian College of the Arts.

Photography by Christian Capurro