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Framings of Wombat Forest is an endeavour of curiosity, culminating in an audio-visual exhibition exploring passions, visions, tensions, and possibilities for the Wombat Forest in central Victoria. The project seeks to capture photographic and audio “portraits” with diverse community stakeholders, from activists and cultural fire practitioners to ecologists and woodworkers, to explore the diverse landscape of perspectives on how to look after this place into the future.
In this time of Great Upheaval, making space to hold diverse and conflicting narratives is searingly difficult, yet essential if we are to find points of movement to navigate the impending challenges faced by the landscapes we love. We seek to present diverse perspectives in proximity without attempting to draw conclusions or determine the ‘right’ way forward. Rather, we wish to invite the audience to spend time with the intimacy of each person’s image and voice, honouring the diversity of the community and leaning into the beautiful messiness of what it means to feel connection to place in a changing world.
Exhibition Dates:
30th January - 17 February, 10am-4pm Daily
Artists
Tessa Campisi
Weaving together voice, sounds and music, Tessa Campisi uses audio storytelling as a medium to explore how humans relate to place, and what happens to this relationship in times of change. Informed by her personal experience of disaster recovery and environmental protest, and grounded in a fondness of a good yarn, she seeks to gather and share stories that couple reflections on the anthropocene with the intimacy of conversation.
Daniel Murray
Born and based in Naarm (Melbourne) Australia, Daniel Murray is a lensbased artist and photographer. Daniel's work is predominantly concerned with ecological impact and the human use and abuse of space.
Menachem New
Reframing Wombat Forest is a proud auspice of Friends of the Earth Australia (ABN 18 110 769 501). Friends of the Earth Australia is a deductible gift recipient as defined in the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth). Donations over $2 may be tax deductible. Please see full terms and conditions here. Thank you so much for your gift.