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| Nightwork at Gunyah, April 2013, Pamela Lee Brenner and Johannes Muljana |
We would like to thank the Gunyah Artist-in-Residence program for the opportunity to work in such a unique and close-to-nature environment. It is always an interesting experience to take oneself from one’s routine and work in a new environment. And we found this to be true again at Gunyah.
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Johannes recording the sea, April 2013, Pamela Lee Brenner and Johannes Muljana
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We worked in a house surrounded by trees and occasionally visited by local native animals. It was not like the urban landscape we've grown used to.
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| Pamela in the studio, April 2013, Pamela Lee Brenner and Johannes Muljana |
We started listening to sounds that we did not normally hear, such as sounds made by animals, water lapping against the shore, sounds of chatter travelling over water, distant boom of aeroplanes and branches falling from trees. We saw native animals feeding, insects flying about, birds on tree branches and lizards on the walls.
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Johannes playing Wii Tennis at Gunyah, April 2013, Pamela Lee Brenner and Johannes Muljana
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The disruption of our routine made us rethink our usual practices and develop new strategies for incorporating the new elements from our surrounding into our thinking and possibly new future works.
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Through the Gunyah studio windows, April 2013, Pamela Lee Brenner and Johannes Muljana
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We found that being at Gunyah was more than just working in a new studio, where we normally would carry on the old ideas and practices in a new space, but this place gave our work a new context.
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| Kangaroo visitations, April 2013, Pamela Lee Brenner and Johannes Muljana |
Hence, we spent a substantial portion of time attempting to record the new elements and sensations that the place gave us, and in a way that could be incorporated into our practice... Look out for them in our upcoming exhibitions!
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| Pamela shooting by the water, April 2013, Pamela Lee Brenner and Johannes Muljana |
Pamela Lee Brenner and Johannes Muljana
