The Metro Tunnel Creative Program partnered with State Library Victoria to present Landscape and Remembering: In Conversation with Danie Mellor at State Library Victoria Theatrette.
Contemporary artist Danie Mellor, the artist behind Forever, a large-scale artwork at the entrance of the new State Library Station, shared the story behind this epic work and its legacy in conversation with Myles Russell-Cook (Artistic Director and CEO at ACCA).
Forever features historical photographic portraits of Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung women set in contemporary landscape imagery of Wurundjeri Country, that Danie has captured using infrared photography.
This work acknowledges Victoria’s First Peoples and particularly women, honouring their social, familial and cultural contributions.
The historical images were sourced from the State Library’s archives with the team from the Victorian Indigenous Research Centre.
If you missed the event, a recording is now available to view.
Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Elders were consulted in the development of Forever.