Loo-errn – Jaye Loring
Wilsons Promontory was first travelled by the Koori. These people were of the Gunai community with the Brataualung clan occupying the surrounding areas of South Gippsland. To the Koori, Wilson’s Promontory is known as ‘Wamoon’, watched over by ‘Loo-errn’. Koori legend tells the story of when Loo-errn was living by the Yarra River with his wife Lohan-tuka. One day, when cooking eels, he observed a swan feather carried by the wind towards the south and decided to follow its journey. He came upon the swans in Westernport Bay and waited until they migrated to the east, whereupon he followed them to Corner Inlet.
A scenic walking track named after Loo-Errn, meanders around Tidal River, where these shots were taken, honouring the legend spirit.
Shot using expired Polaroid 600 film on a Polaroid OneStep Closeup Camera.
In less than two weeks I will be taking part in the Fringe Festival of the Ballart Foto Biennale, as part of the self titled Melbourne Silver Mine show.
The Melbourne Silver Mine Inc., a group of avid film photographers formed to explore the use of traditional photographic methods in a modern world, presents its first self titled exhibition in the BIFB 2011. This show explores and showcases narrative and context drawn through sets of images. Each artist exhibits a selection of photographs to the show – some works are purpose-built projects, some are carefully curated collections, others are thematic explorations of a diverse range of ideas, subject matter and technique.
The exhibitors include Rhys Allen, Roberts Birze, Sandy Birze, Zaeem Burq, Michael Carew, Dave Carswell, Lucian Chaffey, Nicole Davis, Barbara Fischer, Tim Heraud, Matthew Joseph, Jaye Loring, Iain Maclachlan, Stuart Murdoch, Jodie Noonan, Ambre Pitt, Richard Plumridge, Kevin Reeve, Deanne Smith, Emma Starr, Paul X. Stoney, Gary Sauer-Thompson and Katherine White.
- location: Woolshed Clothing (up on the 1st floor) at 48 Armstrong Place, Ballarat.
- dates: Saturday 20th August – Sunday 18th September 2011.
- opening hours:
- Thursdays, Fridays: 11am to 5pm.
- Saturdays, Sundays: 10am to 6pm.
Hope to see you there sometime.
