City + Sea
Artists
Kim Williams, Lucas Ihlein, Leah Gibbs, Sarah Hamylton, Aunty Barbara Nicholson (poetry), Hayden Griffith (cinematography)
Location
University of Wollongong Gallery
Dates
2024
A multi-disciplinary exploration of the relationship between the city and the sea through a specific focus on our local place, the Illawarra. We consider people’s connection to the sea at a time when sea levels are rising in a changing climate, and ways in which the social, cultural and political landscape is changing along with this. The exhibition consists of a 3 hour 40 minute video of the entire Illawarra coastline, filmed from a boat moving slowly southwards from Stanwell Park to Shellharbour. Accompanying the video is a 26 metre long watercolour of the coastline seen from the boat, and a poem by Wadi Wadi elder Aunty Barbara Nicholson, reflecting on the deep time of Aboriginal habitation and more recent memories of life on the coast. Additionally there is a video of the watercolour and poem, voiced by Aunty Barbara.
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Videos
In the wake of Gangmangang, 2024, Poetry and voice by Wadi Wadi Elder Aunty Barbara Nicholson. Drawing by Kim Williams, Leah Gibbs, Lucas Ihlein, Sarah Hamylton. Video production by WayWard.
The Illawarra coastline, from Stanwell Park to Shellharbour (3 minute excerpt), 2024, HD video, 3’40”. Cinematography by Hayden Griffith.
City + Sea booklet [PDF]
Media
Check out the Wollongong coastline as you've never seen it before | Region Illawarra
A wild and rarely seen view of Wollongong has been unveiled – City+Sea