Rafaela Pandolfini
“Needless Anxieties”
Rafaela Pandolfini, ‘Needless Anxieties’, 2020, painting by Sabine Pandolfini Kirkwood and font design by Mitch Brown. Image courtesy of artist.
“It’s a Koala because Koala’s trees are going down so we have to save them in a washing basket with nice comfy pillows so they could stay alive from the fires.”
-Sabine Pandolfini Kirkwood
Rafaela Pandolfini is a photographer and artist, also working in the curatorial. Rafaela explores feminine identity in the broadest sense as well as the value of labour. From 2009 onwards Rafaela spent time photographing in clubs/dancefloors across Sydney, she continues to photograph for many prominent artists and institutions. In 2015, Rafaela created an epic 8 hour video called '02-02 A dance for every day of my pregnancy' exploring themes of the performative body, maintenance and care work.