Image: 'Listening to the Mountain Body' (2025) by Gülsen Özer and Aarti Jadu. Photo by Fergus Floyd.
 

Burrinja Presents

ngurrak-al marram-u / body of the mountain

Sat 24 May - Sun 13 Jul | Burrinja Gallery

We started to feel our bodies in a continuum with the body of the mountain.

Walking together across Corhanwarrabul (Dandenong Ranges), a group of artists shared place-responsive practices and considered what it means to 'listen to Country' through their diverse perspectives.

ngurrak-al marram-u / body of the mountain is an exhibition outcome from this mobile residency. 

Curated by Gretel Taylor with Gülsen Özer and Mandy Nicholson, the exhibition includes painting, screendance, sound installation, textiles, sculpture, digital and cyanotype photography.

Artists: Aarti Jadu, Rebecca Murray, Mandy Nicholson, Jill Orr, Gülsen Özer, Laki Sideris, Gretel Taylor and Tammy Wong Hulbert.

Public Programs and Workshops

 'Biik Ngarrga'  - Wurundjeri Dance Workshop led by Djirri Djirri | Wed 9 Jul | SOLD OUT

Learn about the layers of Country through dance. 

Djirri Djirri are the only Wurundjeri female dance group and are Traditional Custodians of Narrm (Melbourne) and surrounds. Djirri Djirri means Willy Wagtail in Woiwurrung, our Mother Tongue. The Willy Wagtail is the Spirit’s Messenger and gave us dance! Our dances honour our Liwik (Ancestors), Kerr-up-non (Family), Biik (Country) and animals. 

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Place-responsive Art and Performance Now: a panel discussion | Thu 12 Jun| Post Event Recording Now Available

Hosted by Centre for Art and Social Transformation (CAST), RMIT. 
Panellists: Professor Vicky Hunter (UK), Arahmaiani (Indonesia), Dr Jill Orr, Dr Mandy Nicholson. 
Chaired by Dr Gretel Taylor and introduced by Dr Tammy Wong Hulbert
Online and in-person: RMIT Interactive Theatre, Building 80, 435-457 Swanston Street, Melbourne/Naarm and online. 

Panel Discussion Recording

 

Title - Architecture and Land #7 

Burrinja Presents

Timeless Frames: a study of place, structure and form | Ted Hughes

Sat 5 Jul - Sun 17 Aug  | Lyre Gallery | Burrinja

Shot entirely on a medium format film camera, this quietly powerful series explores the relationship between people and the spaces they inhabit—urban and natural, constructed and organic. Each image invites viewers to pause and reflect, revealing subtle textures, shapes, and tones that often go unnoticed in our fast-moving world.

Ted’s work doesn’t shout—it listens. His portraits of place offer a contemplative moment in time, asking us to consider how we shape our environments, and how they shape us in return.

Though this is Ted’s first solo show, he’s no stranger to the lens. His work has been shown numerous times in group exhibitions including Burrinja’s Creative Showcase exhibition earlier this year.

As the son of respected local photographer James Hughes, creativity runs deep in his roots. But Ted is forging his own path, with a slow and introspective gaze that’s entirely his own.

Exhibition Opening | Sat 5 July 2pm

Join Ted for drinks and nibbles as we celebrate a fresh new voice in photography. 

All are welcome—don’t miss this inspiring afternoon!

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