Imprecise Speculation on the Happenings of the Bunurong Coast
A compilation of fragmented narratives capturing fleeting moments, elusive characteristics and the transient allusions that abound on the Bunurong Coast.
Continue readingMemoryscoping the Bunurong Coast: A project-based PhD speculating on the intimate and complex histories of a personally significant place
A compilation of fragmented narratives capturing fleeting moments, elusive characteristics and the transient allusions that abound on the Bunurong Coast.
Continue readingSpeculative Polaroid of a wildlife trail in the Wreck Beach dunes (38°39’39.4″S 145°34’54.9″E) and audio of listening to the fire, the ocean, insects and frogsong at a nearby bush campsite.
Continue readingSpeculative Polaroid of a wildlife trail through a natural soak near Cape Paterson’s 2nd Surf (38°40’25.7″S 145°36’21.9″E) with audio of the same watercourse, birdsong and the ocean.
Continue readingSpeculative Polaroid of an 1882 geological map with audio of walking through the scrub of Wreck Beach Farm.
Continue readingSpeculative Polaroid of the rock platform near Cape Paterson’s F-Break (38°40’06.5″S 145°35’30.3″E) combined with a recording of the mechanism of a Polaroid OneStep600 camera.
Continue readingA speculative Polaroid of the Wreck Beach bay (38°39’35.1″S 145°34’51.2″E) combined with audio of heavy rain.
Continue readingpeculative Polaroid of Cape Paterson’s First Surf and a recording of water flowing off the cliff line at night.
Continue readingSpeculative Polaroid of the walking track to Cape Paterson’s Bay Beach (38°40’24.2″S 145°37’07.3″E) and audio of walking the same path.
Continue readingSpeculative Polaroid of the ocean at Cape Paterson’s Bay Beach (38°40’25.7″S 145°37’12.1″E) with audio of wind and the ocean at the same location.
Continue readingSpeculative Polaroid of a roadside sign on Wilson’s Road at Cape Paterson (38°38’53.7″S 145°36’04.3″E) with audio of cars traversing the same byway.
Continue readingA Polaroid provocation examination of Aboriginal tools and artifacts sitting uncomfortably in the glass cabinets of a local history museum.
Continue readingThis work was developed on the unceded lands and waterways of the Boon wurrung and Woi Wurrung language groups of the Kulin Nations. Much of the fieldwork, including visitation, writing and documentation, was undertaken on the lands of the Bunurong/Boonwurrung people.
The Bunurong/Boonwurrung people are the first storytellers of these lands. Their sovereignty was never ceded. This is, and always will be Aboriginal Land.
I respectfully acknowledge the Ancestors and Elders, past, present and emerging.
In terms of my position as a visitor on those lands, I state my lineage and purpose. I am Rees Quilford. I am a fourth-generation settler of Welsh-Irish descent. I am a writer, communications professional and a PhD candidate with RMIT University.
I was born and currently live on Bunurong/Boonwurrung land. I try to tread lightly, understand my place and listen to what it’s telling me.