Trading Ways

  • Royal Australian Mint
    Ngunnawal Country (Canberra)
  • 2024

Developed in collaboration with Studio Gilay and Ngunnawal Elders, this audiovisual projection reimagines the complex trade systems of First Nations communities. 3D shells, fibres, weapons, and seeds drift across animated Country, revealing ancient networks of exchange in a dreamlike and moving welcome.

Trading ways, Stories of Change, 2024
Trading ways, Stories of Change, 2024

Technology

Looping video is projected onto a curved wall via an Epson projector using 4K enhancement.

Because 4K enhancement disables the projectors onboard warping features, Madmapper is used for video playback as well as mapping the projection to the curved surface.

Credits

  • Cheyne Halloran (Ngunnawal), United Ngunnawal Elders Council, Lynnice Church (Ngunnawal, Wiradjuri, Kamilaroi), In consultation with
  • Claire Evans, Strategic Director
  • E2, Architects
  • Evan Davies, Hardware Developer
  • Lumicom, Audio Visual
  • Madi Talbot, Producer
  • Monarch, Build
  • Nick Lewis Design, Graphic Design
  • Shunji Davies, Project Director
  • Studio Gilay, In collaboration with
  • Tom Siddall, Creative Director