Water and Light

Large format narrative light show, Knox IMMERSE, Ferntree Gully Quarry Reserve VIC, 2024

Project description

You are invited to take a stroll down to the Ferntree Gully Quarry Recreation Reserve and immerse yourself in the enchanting magic of Water and Light, a family-friendly light show celebrating the local environment. 

This event offers a unique opportunity to explore and appreciate the beauty of the Quarry Recreation Reserve - witness a magnificent 100+ meter-wide narrative projection illuminating the quarry wall, bask in the serenity of soothing soundscape, and join your local community around the campfire of our shared story. Created by local artists from Little Projector Company, this awe-inspiring projection artwork showcases the evolution of the Dandenong Ranges and the surrounding region.

Featuring a Welcome to Country, spectacular projection mapping tracing the landscape, a cinematic soundscape, colourful animations and artworks by local artists, this is an event that must not be missed!

Your guides on this journey include local wildlife lovers, local artists, and the incredible endemic species that uniquely populate the Dandenong Ranges ecosystem. The birds, the animals, the trees, the rocks, the land, and the people, all have important stories to share.

Water and Light encourages us to see the land as a community rather than a commodity. It explores the story of how the landscape functions, recognises the diverse web of life that it sustains and understands that we are a part of nature just as nature is a part of us.

Technical information

8k large format video projection, stereo sound.

Credits

Artist - Lee Ramseyer Bache

Sound - Ivan Masic (Ex-Ponto)

Animation - Sean Healy (Jean Poole)