Siteworks 2022: From a deep valley will see the work of over twenty-five artists and ten scientific researchers drawing on climate research, critical thinking, First Nations knowledge, technologies and creative digital spaces throughout a major exhibition and program of outdoor installations, performances, workshops, and digital artworks from 26 November to 12 March 2023 across Bundanon, New South Wales.

Bundanon. Photograph: Zan Wimberley. Courtesy Bundanon, New South Wales
Siteworks 2022 presents the exhibition Inside, underground at Bundanon Art Museum, exploring the concept of interior weather. Responding to the architecture of the space, five artists: Carolyn Eskdale, Susan Jacobs, Kate Scardifield, Lucy Simpson, and Isadora Vaughan investigate the complex relationship between body and site using repurposed natural materials such as plant and animal matter, beeswax, oyster shells, and algae. Raw physical materials will become containers of environmental and sensorial data informed by the artists’ personal encounters with Bundanon, generating new material knowledge that reflects our changing relationship with the natural world. Also on view is the outcome of the Possum Skin Cloak Project and residency undertaken by Leanne Bovington, Teagan Brown, Bee Cruse, Gulwanyang Moran, Bess Moylan, Carol Moylan, Aunty Loretta Parsley, Joyce Saunders, and Kirli Saunders.

Art Museum, Bundanon. Photograph: Zan Wimberley
In addition, Siteworks 2022 will present a curated series of events that position the artist as a weather balloon, capturing “weather reports” from this place and time. The weekends will include a range of creative workshops using natural materials for all age groups, outdoor performances by Fernando do Campo and Bianca Hester, a laboratorium space for talks by artists and leading scientists, and a host of participatory activities for audiences. Visit the Bundanon website for dates and to start planning your summer.