Visual
Exploring artistic and visual responses to dry seasons, along with other sources, we aim to reveal the changing meanings of drought. We will also consult with curators at local museums and galleries, to identify representations of drought in their collections. Our research and interviews will be used by the artists-in-residence to develop place-based responses to drought.
Drought as a Femme Fatale or mischievous nymph
Drought as a Femme Fatale or mischievous nymph: Story: At the time of the short sharp Centennial drought (1888) and the beginning of the Federation ...
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Next on the List, an installation by Alvin Darcy Briggs
Next on the List draws from Alvin’s cultural understanding of climate shift and the impacts of changing land use. It proposes a contemporary and evolving ...
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Where there is wind (there will be dust), a video-essay poem by Jesse Boylan
Jesse Boylan is an artist living on Djaara country in Central Victoria, Australia, interested in expanded documentary practice and the role art plays in environmental ...
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‘Water Use Signs, 2007’ by Julie Millowick
Julie Millowick is a Photographer and Lecturer with a commitment to documenting people and environmental conditions in her own regions of Central Victoria. In 2007 ...
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‘Continuing Drought, 2003’ by Julie Millowick
Julie Millowick is a Photographer and Lecturer with a commitment to documenting people and environmental conditions in her own regions of Central Victoria. In 2007 ...
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‘Catching Water for Recycling: Shower, 2008’ by Julie Millowick
Julie Millowick is a Photographer and Lecturer with a commitment to documenting people and environmental conditions in her own regions of Central Victoria. In 2007 ...
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‘WIP-for-emotional-language-of-drought-2023-24’ by Ponch Hawkes
Renowned feminist photographer Ponch Hawkes undertook the Bendigo residency in autumn 2023 at the La Trobe Art Institute.
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Exploring drought through creative practice
How do the visual arts and other disciplines throw light on the changing cultural meanings of drought? Please see below the link to a public ...
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