WildLife
Moving Image Commission
’The Cube’ MAP Mima - Lake Macquarie

‘WildLife’ is an immersive, 360° moving image work, commissioned specifically for Lake Macquarie’s The Cube at MAP mima.  The work asks the question ‘what if our emotions create their own environment?’.

The project draws strong parallels between the natural world, and all its beauty, diversity, and interdependence, with the range and complexities of our own human emotions. Emotions swim by like schools of fish, feelings bloom like plants and flowers, and reactions and thoughts flit through the space like swarms of bees. The 8 minute looping cycle is dazzling beautiful, thoughtful and fun.

The relationship between our emotional range and the natural world reveals itself to the viewer - subsequently asking the audience to reflect on their relationship with their own feelings. 

The ring of ethereal tones and celestial ambiences help immerse the audience in the experience while environmental and climatic sounds reflect what is seen in the space. We hear underwater bubbles drift into birds flying by. The shimmer of stars merge into schools of fish. The sound creates a feeling of floating in a world of colour, fun and beauty.

The work was recently acquired by Lake Macquarie Council, to be part of their permanent collection.