Swampscapes
Swampscapes is an interdisciplinary exhibition sited in Northbridge, the site of the lost lakes. A little ecological immersion and engagement recalibrates how we see and read Perth.
Swampscapes is a collaboration between Daniel Jan Martin, Nandi Chinna and Mei Swan Lim, working across their respective fields of cartography, poetry and soundscape.
Swampscapes reorients us toward the rivers, streams and wetlands once extended across the entire region. These are sacred places in the culture of the Whadjuk Noongar people. The wetlands are rich and biodiverse, critical to the health and life of the contemporary city.
The accompanying soundscape was composed by Mei Swan Lim using the sounds of wetlands recorded around Perth. These respond to the the three scales of mapping and three cycles of poetry.
Interdisciplinary exhibition
2018
Collaborators
Daniel Jan Martin, Nandi Chinna and Mei Swan Lim
Poetry; Soundscape; Cartography; Art; Exhibition; Environmental communication
