PROJECT DETAILS

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DATE

February 2020

AWARDS

CLIENT

Melbourne Museum

Museums Victoria

DELIVERY

Concept

Detailed Design

Production of Experience

COLLABORATORS

Denton Corker Marshall

Architect

Matt Tillman

3D Animator

Brendan Woithe

Sound Designer & Music Composer

Aunty Esther Kirby, Uncle Brendan Kennedy, Uncle Larry Walsh and Genevieve Grieves

First Peoples Advisory Group

“It's not just the rivers themselves, it's all the connections. And that's what we're at risk of losing if they can't be put together.” Uncle Larry Walsh

Melbourne Museum tasked us to create an innovative and inspiring education space that connects the Museum’s experiences and stories with digital technologies and 21st century learning.

We designed a flexible solution that integrates a wide range of technologies (VR, iPads, green screen and more); uses wall and floor surfaces as a single 27-meter wide infinity projection space or multiple individual screens; and allows the Museum to easily switch between modes, create new content and publish media.

We also created the flagship experience for the space. River Connections is a bespoke, immersive film that submerges students in First Peoples' perspectives of the Australian landscape and its psyche.

River Connections was made in collaboration with Museums Victoria and First Peoples elders and artists Larry Walsh, Esther Kirby, Brendan Kennedy and Genevieve Grieves. Each scene, image and sound, as well as the overall structure, was developed through a collaborative process of deep listening sessions and visiting the elders on Country.

Captive audience watch lines of light swirl across two screens.Red, yellow and white lines branch like veins across a black screen.Render of Learning Lab experience with image across three walls.Man with audio recorder beside the Murray River.Diverse group of people and ethnicities around a conference table.Thousands of coloured dots create shapes across the floor and wall.Dots of color converge into a fish-like shape.Dots of color converge into a fish-like shape.Fog swirling around a Eucalyptus tree in the early morning.First Nations Elder Esther Kirby meeting man on country.

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