Collaboration with Yarrenyty Alter Artists, Alice Springs, NT, Australia, "The Worlds We Stitch Together", for Wynyard Station, Sydney, 2017

Commissioned by Cultural Capital for Wynyard Walk, Wynyard Station, Sydney, to Yarrenyty Altere Artists, Alice Springs, I worked with the artists, who provided the three ideas that became the three parts of this 4 minutes 30 seconds video mural: bush tucker collection; Kungka Mamus (wild female spirits who roam around the bush at nights and it's said they can steal your babies); and flying a bird sculpture, like kite. The artists of Yarrenyty Altere created the characters as soft sculptures and performed as actors in the live-action parts. The direction, animation, set design and post-production are mine. Shown at "Wynscreen", the 23x3 metres colour LED screen at Wynyard Walk, Wynyard Station, Sydney, in September 2017 and June 2018.

The Worlds We Stitch Together is a collaborative video-installation work by the Central Australian Aboriginal art centre Yarrenyty-Arltere Artists and Chilean artist Leonardo Ortega, presented on Wynscreen at Wynyard Train Station in Sydney's CBD during September 2017. Yarrenyty-Arltere Artists is a non-for-profit Aboriginal art centre located in one of many Alice Springs’ town camps (Larapinta Town Camp), established in year 2000 as a response to the chronic social issues faced by the community where it's embedded. The Worlds We Stitch Together is a colourful visual storytelling piece where stop-motion animation mixes seamlessly with live-action scenes set in Central Australia's mesmerising landscape. The piece in 3 parts includes a night scene featuring nocturnal conniving female spirits known as 'kungka-mamus'. The Yarrenyty Arltere Artists’ striking soft sculptures come alive in this unique five minute piece, designed as a monumental 23m x 3m cinematic experience. Leonardo Ortega will be present at the conference to introduce the project.