What can I say without touching the earth with my hands?
Rose de Freycinet Gallery, Shire of Shark Bay, 12 September – 12 October 2025
This exhibition of photographs looks at the way that people interact with and shape the Places they live, and are in turn shaped by them. Initiated by an artist residency in 2024 through Art on the Move and the Shire of Shark Bay, it has been informed by many conversations with people who live and work in Gathaagudu/Shark Bay, on Malgana Country.
It features images made alongside workers from the Malgana Rangers, the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Bush Heritage Australia, Gathaagadu Animal Tagging, Shark Bay Fish Factory, as well as tourism operators, and members of the Shark Bay community. Focusing on labour, connection, and the cycles of everyday moments, these photographs highlight this way of being, reminding us of our own responsibilities to where we each reside.
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This project has been made across Malgana and Whadjuk Noongar Country. Always was, Always will be. It has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body, the Regional Exhibition Touring Boost with funding managed by Department of Creative Industries, Tourism and Sport and delivered by ART ON THE MOVE, and supported by Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts’ Studio Program, Joes Printing, and Hillvale Photo.
This work has been made with access and support from the Malgana Rangers, the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA), the Shire of Shark Bay, Bush Heritage Australia, Gathaagadu Animal Tracking and SequeiraLab, Shark Bay Fish Factory, Wula Gura Nyinda Eco Cultural Adventures, Perfect Nature Cruises, Oxford University Herbaria, Department of Biology, and members of the Shark Bay community. We would like to thank the many individuals who have given us their time, trust, expertise, and goodwill in the making of this work,