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I’m so excited to travel to the @mca_australia and see Primavera, curator @hprez and all the artists in person tomorrow 🐟
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Image: ‘a search for meaning is to absorb the abundance of beauty in nature’ (detail), 2021, installation view, ‘Primavera 2021: Young Australian Artists’, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, talwalpin (cotton tree), fish scales, cyanotype, image courtesy the artist and Museum of Contemporary Art Australia © the artist, photograph: Anna Kučera

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Carmichael’s basket is woven with ungaire (fresh water swamp reed) from Minjerribah and shells from Quandamooka – yoolooburabee people of the sand and seas. The basket holds and carries memories of loved ones. Each stitch and strand is a weave of healing and nurturing. By weaving with living material of country and drawing upon generational knowledge, this installation is a reminder that the spirit of people always will be with place - Freja Carmichael.
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📷 ​Elisa Jane CARMICHAEL, Jarah 2021, ungaire and shells. Courtesy of the artist and Onespace Gallery, Brisbane

It was a great experience working with @uapcompany @onespace_au on this new public artwork ~treasured spirit~ for Ozcare Newstead. Photo by Rachael See 💙

💙💙💙 too lovely 🤗 behind the scenes @magpiegoose.au x Quandamooka collection photoshoot 💙💙💙 @bingkin_ @kyramancktelow @kieron_boona @mahala.burns.art @caseycoolwellfisher @sonniecarmichael

💙💙💙 too lovely 🤗 behind the scenes @magpiegoose.au x Quandamooka collection photoshoot 💙💙💙 @bingkin_ @kyramancktelow @kieron_boona @mahala.burns.art @caseycoolwellfisher @sonniecarmichael

💙💙💙 too lovely 🤗 behind the scenes @magpiegoose.au x Quandamooka collection photoshoot 💙💙💙 @bingkin_ @kyramancktelow @kieron_boona @mahala.burns.art @caseycoolwellfisher @sonniecarmichael

💙💙💙 too lovely 🤗 behind the scenes @magpiegoose.au x Quandamooka collection photoshoot 💙💙💙 @bingkin_ @kyramancktelow @kieron_boona @mahala.burns.art @caseycoolwellfisher @sonniecarmichael

💙💙💙 too lovely 🤗 behind the scenes @magpiegoose.au x Quandamooka collection photoshoot 💙💙💙 @bingkin_ @kyramancktelow @kieron_boona @mahala.burns.art @caseycoolwellfisher @sonniecarmichael

💙💙💙 too lovely 🤗 behind the scenes @magpiegoose.au x Quandamooka collection photoshoot 💙💙💙 @bingkin_ @kyramancktelow @kieron_boona @mahala.burns.art @caseycoolwellfisher @sonniecarmichael

💙💙💙 too lovely 🤗 behind the scenes @magpiegoose.au x Quandamooka collection photoshoot 💙💙💙 @bingkin_ @kyramancktelow @kieron_boona @mahala.burns.art @caseycoolwellfisher @sonniecarmichael

💙💙💙 too lovely 🤗 behind the scenes @magpiegoose.au x Quandamooka collection photoshoot 💙💙💙 @bingkin_ @kyramancktelow @kieron_boona @mahala.burns.art @caseycoolwellfisher @sonniecarmichael

@kurdinthi First Nations Weaving symposium 🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾 @sonniecarmichael @kyliecaldwell.art

🩵threads that bind us~~~ cyanotypes on shells, ungaire, talwalpin and fish scales 🩵 finalist for the Wandjuk Marika Memorial 3D Award National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards 🩵 congratulations to @_athletica on curating a beautiful show and to all the amazing winners 🤍🤍🤍 photos by @loui_slim

🩵threads that bind us~~~ cyanotypes on shells, ungaire, talwalpin and fish scales 🩵 finalist for the Wandjuk Marika Memorial 3D Award National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards 🩵 congratulations to @_athletica on curating a beautiful show and to all the amazing winners 🤍🤍🤍 photos by @loui_slim

🩵threads that bind us~~~ cyanotypes on shells, ungaire, talwalpin and fish scales 🩵 finalist for the Wandjuk Marika Memorial 3D Award National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards 🩵 congratulations to @_athletica on curating a beautiful show and to all the amazing winners 🤍🤍🤍 photos by @loui_slim

💙 Capemba Bumbarra @sonniecarmichaelat Les Rencontres d’Arles exhibition.
On Country @photofestivalau 💙

@photofestivalau Now Open! On Country: Photography from Australia makes its world premiere today at the Rencontres d’Arles!

This landmark exhibition celebrates 17 groundbreaking Australian artists and collectives at the world’s most prestigious photography festival, featuring over 200 works exploring powerful connections to land, identity, and culture.

Congratulations to the exhibiting artists – many of whom have travelled to Arles to celebrate the opening!

Tony Albert & David Charles Collins
Ying Ang
Atong Atem
Sonja Carmichael & Elisa Jane Carmichael
Maree Clarke
Michael Cook
Brenda L Croft
J Davies
Liss Fenwick
Adam Ferguson
Robert Fielding
The Huxleys
Ricky Maynard
Lisa Sorgini
Tace Stevens
wani toaishara
James Tylor

See more beautiful installation shots of the exhibition, and what’s on during the Arles 2025 Opening Week at link in bio.

Co-produced by the Rencontres d’Arles and PHOTO Australia.

Curated by PHOTO Australia Founder/Artistic Director Elias Redstone, Guest Curator Kimberley Moulton (Yorta Yorta), and PHOTO Australia Curators Pippa Milne and Brendan McCleary.

Supported by the Australian Government through the International Cultural Diplomacy Arts Fund, the Bowness Family Foundation, and the French Australian Cultural Exchange Foundation (FACEF). Additional support by the Australian Embassy, France and the French Embassy in Australia, and Michael & Emily Tong.

Images: ‘On Country: Photography from Australia’, Rencontres d’Arles 2025. Courtesy PHOTO Australia. Photo: Will Hamilton–Coates.

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~ floating with mangrove kin ~ weaving seasons ~ @onespace_au @loui_slim

~ floating with mangrove kin ~ feet sink below ~ @onespace_au @loui_slim

~ floating with mangrove kin ~ strong like the trees ~ @onespace_au @loui_slim

~ floating with mangrove kin ~ deep roots ~ @onespace_au

~ floating with mangrove kin ~ deep roots ~ @onespace_au