Author: jalaruart

Beautiful Violence

Two worlds collide when the warm sun sets into the cold dark night, the colours of the day become cools and changes to the purple haze of night, the shadows softens and the highlights subdue as change is inevitable as worlds violently merge to create a moment of peace and beauty.   It is in […]

WRITING ON THE WALL

Gujarra Ngurnu (two sisters), one of Rumarra (day) and one of Ngurra (night), mimic each other’s movements from the setting sun to the rising moon with the stars above mapping their expansive wings in the night sky that over time creates a ripple effect that changes the seasons on the land below. One cannot ­­­live […]

In Conversation

DRS: So Michael, we thought we’d catch-up with you because we’re intrigued to hear about what you’ve been working on lately. You’ve certainly been busy – you’ve made repeated trips down to Sydney, Melbourne and Perth all in the space of the last few months! For those not familiar with you or your work, let’s […]

Liyan

Capturing the colour and liyan of country, these images share stories in a modern way of sharing Songlines. Using the light and hues of the land, sea and sky each capture using age-old camera methods of long and multiple exposures. Evoking the dark and colourful past of Roebuck Bay this work expresses the many lives taken over many generations to […]