In the making of The Silence: Puanga we spent a large part of …
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The silence: Puanga | The story of Puanga
After an incredible time working together at Parihaka, Maata and I are now …
Wahine at Wānanga toi
Last weekend we journeyed to South Taranaki for a weekend of creativity with …
The Slience : Puanga @ Parihaka – Cutting Harakeke
Today was a big day with lots of preparation going on. This morning …
Collaborative first steps: “The Silence: Puanga”
It is so wonderful to be back at Parihaka. After a 6.5 hour …
SCANZ2013 Update
Originally posted on Remote Connections: It was my intention to publish a blog every day we were here at the SCANZ2013…
‘The silence: Puanga’ collaboration @ Parihaka
I am very happy to announce that I will be a resident artist …
Walking Arts: Made of Walking, Prespes | Australian Cultural Fund
I am very excited to be invited to Made of Walking V in …
The reluctant scientist: giving space to the Sacred
Over the coming months, I will be exploring a topic which is at …
The reluctant scientist: Ignite*Energy papers and workshop
It has been a big couple of weeks in terms of milestones for …
Documentation of Nordic 5 Arts: Nordic Lights Exhibition, San Francisco
Here are some images from the opening of the Nordic 5 Arts Nordic Lights exhibition at Think Round Gallery in San Francisco. Looks like a great turn out – wish I could have been there! Nordic 5 Artists in Nordic Lights Tracey Benson, Colette Crutcher, Ulla De Larios, Olivia Eielson, Ellen Faris, Pam Fingado, Marc […]
The reluctant scientist: systems thinking and power relations in social practice.
I am currently in Hobart, preparing to participate in a workshop tomorrow which is focused on household energy vulnerability. It is being run by Energy Consumers Australia and the focus is on developing effective tools to support consumers. Here is the spiel: ECA is running a series of workshops with stakeholders to develop practical, user […]
Nordic 5 Arts: Northern Light Exhibition
Really excited to be a part of this exhibition where some of my video works will be presented. From the Facebook event page: “Nordic Light” exhibition of paintings, prints, photographs, textiles, video art, and sculptures in ceramic and stone. Members of Nordic Five Arts—Tracey Benson, Colette Crutcher, Ulla De Larios, Olivia Eielson, Ellen Faris, Pam […]
Words 4 Water @MITWater Night
Tonight some of my video works will be presented at part of the annual MIT Water Night which brings together water scientists, artists, technologists and water lovers. Here is a couple of tweets about the show Super happy to see some of “Words for Water” being exhibited as part of MIT Water Night – wish […]
When the Rivers Run Dry
This year I have started a new series of works exploring the inland lakes and rivers of the Murray Darling Basin (MDB), building on the Words for Water project. As an ACF River Fellow and River Ambassador, I have learnt a lot from other Fellows from around the MBD about the many challenges the rivers […]
Exhibition at Untaming the Urban 2018, ANU Fenner School
This is a reblog from the Untaming the Urban (UU2) website: Artists The Planet Spins (Liz Barker, Louisa Miranda, Tommy Dick), Dr Jeremy Mayall and Sebastian J Lowe, Michael Norris and C H R Θ M A (Kate Genevieve Vega and friends). Curated by Tracey M Benson. Three questions provided the context for discussion and the basis of […]
2018 weft and weave AKA what a year!
As I prepare to write my annual post about the year that was, I can feel the mercury rising. It is predicted to be 39 degrees celsius today in Canberra.* In many ways this sense of anticipation is a bit like how my year unfolded. It started very gently and intensified as the year progressed. […]
Hand made books #upcycling
Over the past couple of weeks, I have had lots of fun rediscovering the joy of making books. I found a stack of nice paper that had been hidden in the cupboard for years as well as some spare canvas prints that were test prints for an exhibition. I wanted to challenge myself with making […]
9 Rivers : Stream of consciousness
Originally posted on 9 Rivers: The 9 Rivers group is very pleased to announce that our first project, titled “Stream of consciousness” will be installed in Lierstranda in October. Concept In literary criticism, stream of consciousness is a narrative mode or method that attempts to depict the multitudinous thoughts and feelings that pass through the mind.…
“Earth to Sky” on display at the Institute of Applied Ecology @IAEUC
Some of my works from my exhibition at CSIRO are now on display at the Institute of Applied Ecology at the University of Canberra 🙂 Very happy to see these works on the walls.