Ashley Hay, Sophie Cunningham, Jazz Money + Tony Birch on eucalypts. SWF 2022
This SWF conversation took place at the Powerhouse Museum as part of its fascinating exhibition Eucalyptusdom, which traces the museum’s origins in Sydney’s ‘Garden Palace’. It runs until 28 August - and features Ashley Hay’s writing and Jazz Money’s art among many other things.
Here are some brief notes I took from this wide ranging conversation about gum trees, their knowledge and wisdom, and our ever-changing relationship with trees over thousands of years. Below that I’ve added an overview of Eucalyptusdom, including images of Jazz Money’s video projection Garrandarang and Damien Wright’s art piece that Tony Birch refers to.
Ashley opened by asking Jazz Money what inspired her kinetic light poem Garrandarang.
Jazz said the first book she read to prepare for her installation was Ashley’s Gum … and here she was in conversation with Ashley, meeting her for the first time.
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