Trails in the Ground (installation & essay)
Articulating the idiosyncrasies and agency of the entanglement of tracks that are encrypted on every aspect of the Bunurong Coast,
Continue readingMemoryscoping the Bunurong Coast: A project-based PhD speculating on the intimate and complex histories of a personally significant place
Articulating the idiosyncrasies and agency of the entanglement of tracks that are encrypted on every aspect of 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 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 readingA speculative Polaroid combined with audio of walking through water at Wreck Beach.
Continue readingI have vivid memories of the Bunurong/Boonwurrung midden sites at Wreck Beach from when I was a kid in (the mid-1980s). At that time, two different walking paths ran from the carpark through the scrub down to the beach.
Continue readingA speculative image/prose speculation of navigating cultural disjunctures on the Bunurong Coast.
Continue readingA layered mixed-media amalgam exploring the Wreck Beach and my connections to it.
Continue readingSamphire is bush tucker, a native succulent also known as sea asparagus, sea beans or swamp grass. It grows on the waterway verges across southern Australia and can be found at any number of places around these parts.
Continue readingNews reports offered conflicting accounts of the conduct of The Artisan’s crew, the officers account reported by The Age suggested
Continue readingPerched atop the dunes, I watched the light of a waxing crescent moon dance on dark waters.
Continue readingTrailing the dog, I jog into the beach side carpark in the early autumn dusk. The place is typical of Bass Coast’s remote beaches, a secluded patch of gravel cut into the scrubby dunes.
Continue readingThis interactive historical map narrative tells the story of the 1901 wreck of the Artisan – a three-masted 1,155 ton wooden barque – at Wreck Beach.
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.