Bridie Gillman, The Bend, The Bend I, 2024. Oil on linen, 168 x 213cm. Courtesy: the artist and Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide.

The Bend has been made by Bridie Gillman in response to a specific moment experienced while walking in Washpool National Park, NSW, on Gumbaynggirr, Bundjalung and Ngarabal Country. A dramatic shift in light and atmosphere on a bend of the track that called us to pause. From within the bend – hanging, holding vines connect trees to each other, drawing lines to follow from one point to another, left to right, light to dark. This experience and the observations made, act as the starting point for the paintings, translated through colour and line.

Collected field recordings blend seamlessly with Reuben Schafer‘s instrumentation to create a captivating soundscape.

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