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Dr. Greg Pritchard
Friday 6 May - Sunday 22 May 2022
The Marrambidya (Wiradjuri for Murrumbidgee) is the second longest Australian river, only slightly longer than the Barka (Barkindji for Darling) and Kalari (Wiradjuri for Lachlan).
It curls like a scorpionβs tail from deep in Kosciusko National Park, passing close to Canberra, and curling again to flow down to Gundagai before flowing west to meet the Murray at Boundary Bend near Balranald.
Multi-disciplinary artist Dr Greg Pritchard has been researching the river, its history, its politics, and its environment. This body of work results from a personal immersion in the river, an individual mapping of its course, an artistic journey along its entire length. He has been recording interviews, soundscapes, photographs, video, and writing. He has spent time with the river.
His aim is to show that in the climate change world that is coming we must understand the river, and not just treat it as a resource. That we must balance the human demands on the water with the needs of the river itself.
Image: Greg Pritchard, The Forgotten Powerstation, Burrinjuck, 2020. Photo courtesy the artist