Projects
Commissioned by The Capitol, RMIT Culture & Zoos Victoria.
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Film-based production combining multi-sensory art-making & videography* to explore autism awareness & autistic perspectives on Bat conservation issues. Production features sound & performance art, sensory materials, reflection & shadow projections, audience interaction, hand-drawn animations, storytelling, and layered moving images.
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*Supported by neurodivergent videographers from
Melbourne Polytechnic & Youthworx.
Upside-Down People: A Listening Story
Commissioned & Exhibited in Future Fables: Lessons From Other Animals by The Center for Humans & Animals, Chicago Illinois and Species On-Stage.
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Audio-only artwork combining sound effects & storytelling to take listeners on a journey into the surprisingly entangled worlds of autistic experiences and Bat conservation issues.
In collaboration with Jodie Austin, Kiara Rodriguez-Hextall & Studio Gilay.
Commissioned for Burra Learning Place, Australian Museum.
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Author of original story about Burra - a baby Eel whose life journey takes her all around the south-eastern salt & fresh waters, learning about life along the way. The Journey of Burra was animated by Jodie Austin & Kiara Rodriguez-Hextall.
Confidence For Chaos
In collaboration with Natasa Cordasic & Alexandra Harrison.
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​Co-founder of public art collective 'Confidence For Chaos' aiming to make the work of isolated artists more visible and create a sense of 'distant community'. We schedule days where - from our individual locations - artists are invited to publicly, visibly make art together, and share it with the online collective community.
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Commissioned by Mirring Aboriginal Corporation & 5 Lands Walk for Durrangan Whale Gathering 2024-2025.
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Craft and comic making workshops at the annual Durrangan Whale Gathering. These workshops encourage people of all ages to use different materials and their creativity to explore their connection to Country. Art activities have included making reclaimed rubbish coral reefs and hand-drawn comic strips.
Autistic Animals
Footscray Art Prize Finalist 2023.
PhD Creative Arts - Graphic Comic Thesis Style Studies.
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Series of proprioceptive line drawings on black paper expressing parallels between distorted views towards autistic people & unloved animals like Bats & Sharks.
Drawings are made by imagining the self & the animal in relationship, then closing eyes and drawing using proprioceptive senses of where & how the body is imagined.
Story Inc & Australian Museum.
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Conceptual design & content production of multi award-winning* interactive education exhibit. Burra Learning Place brings together Aboriginal, Pacific Islands, & Western science knowledges in a many-ways learning journey experience. I am particularly proud of my contributions to accessibility - for which the exhibition achieved world-class disability access scores.
*Australian Museums and Galleries Association 2023 Winner - Interpretation, Learning & Audience Engagement; Museums & Galleries of NSW 2023 Winner - Exhibition Project at Major Institution.
Listening To Land
Co-Facilitator & Contributor.
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​Series of community writing workshops that explored participant connections and relationships with a threatened ecosystem through poetry and creative writing. Anthology of works locally published*.
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*Credited to Blue Mountains 'Listening To Land' Poetry collective.
