Stills: Ryan Andrew Lee, born Gosford, New South Wales 1995, Wonnarua, 2020, Wonnarua Country,

Muswellbrook/Singleton and Dakinjung Country, New South Wales, 2-channel video © Ryan Andrew Lee.

Festival

Tarnanthi - Wonnarua

6 – 23 Oct 2021

Dusk – midnight daily, viewing from Compton Street
Free
FELTspace

Ryan Andrew Lee’s two-channel video work Wonnarua acts as both homage and lament as it considers the continuing legacy of colonialism on Wonnarua Country. A digital diptych, it juxtaposes contrasting imagery and competing worldviews – such as the serenity of slow-moving creeks and verdant rainforest against the brutalised landscape and stagnant ponds around the cavernous Muswellbrook coal mine. Disquieting yet beautiful, this work provides a portrait of Wonnarua people and Country, breathing as one, against a toxic exhalation.

Wonnarua screens as part of the FELTdark after-dusk exhibition program of video works.

Artist

Ryan Andrew Lee

Access

Wheelchair accessible

Presenting Partner

FELTspace

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