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Rachel Mounsey
Mallacoota Fires in the Sky 2019-20
When: Saturday 14th May 2022, 10AM
Where: Ledger Gallery
Moderator: Conor Ashleigh
Panellists: Sean Davey, Alana Holmberg, David Maurice Smith, Rachel Mounsey, Jeremy Piper, Dean Sewell, and Abigail Varney
Price: This is a FREE event
Bookings: Numbers are strictly limited. To secure your place, email the gallery on gallery@benalla.vic.gov.au
Join Oculi photographers for a panel discussion exploring their experiences as both image makers, and humans, bearing witness to important events in Australia.
The talk relates directly to ACT III within the group’s major Benalla Art Gallery exhibition, ACTS I-VII. Oculi members will reflect on their vast and varied experience in documenting major, and at times traumatic events across Australia. From fires, to floods, through drought and times of protest and upheaval, Oculi’s members consider…What is the role of photography in documenting these moments in history? What are the challenges and when do you choose not to take the shot? How has the emergence of social media changed the role of documentary photography during times of social upheaval?
Acknowledgements
Oculi is a collective of 18 fine-art and documentary photographers. Since its inception in 2000, Oculi has been the leading influence in photographic documentary practice in Australia, offering a visual narrative of contemporary life in the region and beyond. ACTS I-VII is curated by Oculi members Aishah Kenton, Abigail Varney, Alana Holmberg, Tajette O’Halloran, and Rachel Mounsey in conversation with Natasha Christia.
Acts I-VII is an official exhibition of PHOTO 2022 International Festival of Photography, a major biennial of new photography and ideas taking place from 29 April to 22 May in Melbourne and regional Victoria. Responding to the theme ‘Being Human’, PHOTO 2022 explores the role photography plays in understanding the contemporary human condition. PHOTO 2022 is produced by Photo Australia in collaboration with cultural institutions, museums and galleries, and education, industry and government partners.
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body. This project was made possible by the Australian Government’s Regional Arts Fund, which supports the arts in regional and remote Australia. Supported by the Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund, an Australian Government initiative.
Thanks to our sponsors. All works have been printed on ILFORD GALERIE Gold Fibre Gloss 310gsm.
