Art expedition: five artists go bush to help endangered species
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It seems like an age ago but in September 2019 I travelled with five artists and a film crew to Mount Zero Taravale in far north Queensland, a property owned by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC). We spent a week in the bush preparing for an exhibition that has just opened at Defiance Gallery, Mary Place in Paddington. It’s the fourth in a projected series of five shows, spread over a decade.
On previous trips artists have been to three other AWC properties: Mornington in the Kimberley, Pungalina in the Gulf of Carpentaria and Newhaven on the edge of the Great Sandy Desert. The program was similar on each occasion: scientists and field officers take the group on an extensive tour of the property, including an overview by helicopter. They talk about the animals and plants, and the challenges