https://lucasihlein.net Lucas Ihlein Tue, 19 Aug 2025 18:59:35 +0000 https://lucasihlein.net en https://lucasihlein.net/Home-Page Fri, 04 Nov 2022 04:44:32 +0000 Lucas Ihlein https://lucasihlein.net/Home-Page ...is an artist, etc.&nbsp; Selected projects below,&amp; more info here. &nbsp; https://lucasihlein.net/Pootopia Wed, 08 Jan 2025 08:30:25 +0000 Lucas Ihlein https://lucasihlein.net/Pootopia Pootopia! <img width="1340" height="1340" width_o="1340" height_o="1340" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5f32d7b4c7573d25e8c406553d4a61c6eba075e39e0a6988b9ce6cd387b2ee83/IMG_20231015_224715_865_1340_c.jpg" data-mid="224325310" border="0" alt="Kaz celebratiing with our hundredth contributor." data-caption="Kaz celebratiing with our hundredth contributor." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5f32d7b4c7573d25e8c406553d4a61c6eba075e39e0a6988b9ce6cd387b2ee83/IMG_20231015_224715_865_1340_c.jpg" /> <img width="1340" height="889" width_o="1340" height_o="889" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f60d735746de70a949b6056e2d45c5ddfdf6208079e924c1850bb8c53c9c538d/20230929_025454_1340_c.jpg" data-mid="224325300" border="0" alt="Design for the installation by Kim Williams" data-caption="Design for the installation by Kim Williams" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f60d735746de70a949b6056e2d45c5ddfdf6208079e924c1850bb8c53c9c538d/20230929_025454_1340_c.jpg" /> <img width="1340" height="634" width_o="1340" height_o="634" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a977738ca03bf598a6ad93b501139cb7f18c1f45d81a0f772b7633af66371c31/20231013_173545_1340_c.jpg" data-mid="224325301" border="0" alt="the interior of VIPoo" data-caption="the interior of VIPoo" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a977738ca03bf598a6ad93b501139cb7f18c1f45d81a0f772b7633af66371c31/20231013_173545_1340_c.jpg" /> <img width="1340" height="634" width_o="1340" height_o="634" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e67744b324043c285a6286fc8f758f5f1eacdac0839ba1d199777f76adcbc287/20231014_143239_1340_c.jpg" data-mid="224325302" border="0" alt="The Yours and Owls Green Team visit the VIPoo" data-caption="The Yours and Owls Green Team visit the VIPoo" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e67744b324043c285a6286fc8f758f5f1eacdac0839ba1d199777f76adcbc287/20231014_143239_1340_c.jpg" /> <img width="1340" height="634" width_o="1340" height_o="634" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f7d1aa5c331b8cf1bc2477c6763d872f73ca394dac240718ffae2299e2276b30/20231014_163939_1340_c.jpg" data-mid="224325304" border="0" alt="Punters having fun queuing up to contribute their humanure" data-caption="Punters having fun queuing up to contribute their humanure" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f7d1aa5c331b8cf1bc2477c6763d872f73ca394dac240718ffae2299e2276b30/20231014_163939_1340_c.jpg" /> <img width="1340" height="1340" width_o="1340" height_o="1340" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dffcf4da378562ca5d11d283811b73737dca59546ae6dc003da1d832635d5472/IMG_20231014_073937_886_1340_c.jpg" data-mid="224325305" border="0" alt="Cameron shows off the ShitCoin currency designed by John Causley" data-caption="Cameron shows off the ShitCoin currency designed by John Causley" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dffcf4da378562ca5d11d283811b73737dca59546ae6dc003da1d832635d5472/IMG_20231014_073937_886_1340_c.jpg" /> <img width="1340" height="1340" width_o="1340" height_o="1340" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a53092c0e7ca12b6f559ade894a9a2067a4fafcb78c536f8ffa958dc4a7a532f/IMG_20231014_135535_806_1340_c.jpg" data-mid="224325306" border="0" alt="Participant trying out our luxury hand washing sink" data-caption="Participant trying out our luxury hand washing sink" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a53092c0e7ca12b6f559ade894a9a2067a4fafcb78c536f8ffa958dc4a7a532f/IMG_20231014_135535_806_1340_c.jpg" /> <img width="1340" height="1340" width_o="1340" height_o="1340" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/24e777fcf80009eef739019a82ff42c8e58acddc8acbd290ebb414e011a64105/IMG_20231014_175248_800_1340_c.jpg" data-mid="224325307" border="0" alt="Happy contributor with fruit reward" data-caption="Happy contributor with fruit reward" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/24e777fcf80009eef739019a82ff42c8e58acddc8acbd290ebb414e011a64105/IMG_20231014_175248_800_1340_c.jpg" /> <img width="1340" height="1340" width_o="1340" height_o="1340" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/84d8173b18d8888938b3ffc37c96b6e7dfadd798764d8f4ea355126b5ddf59f6/IMG_20231014_192336_429_1340_c.jpg" data-mid="224325308" border="0" alt="Economist Amir Arjomandi with the Pootopia! manifesto at Yours and Owls festival" data-caption="Economist Amir Arjomandi with the Pootopia! manifesto at Yours and Owls festival" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/84d8173b18d8888938b3ffc37c96b6e7dfadd798764d8f4ea355126b5ddf59f6/IMG_20231014_192336_429_1340_c.jpg" /> <img width="1340" height="1340" width_o="1340" height_o="1340" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e6e9815e9638e684668b0e591aa22010d17645c29271d8b9c68198bb6b7c70b1/IMG_20231015_224318_847_1340_c.jpg" data-mid="224325309" border="0" alt="Economist Alfredo Paloyo discussing our incentive scheme with a participant" data-caption="Economist Alfredo Paloyo discussing our incentive scheme with a participant" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e6e9815e9638e684668b0e591aa22010d17645c29271d8b9c68198bb6b7c70b1/IMG_20231015_224318_847_1340_c.jpg" /> &nbsp; Visit the Pootopia! website. Read about Pootopia! on the University of Wollongong website (October 2023). Follow&nbsp;Pootopia! on instagram. About the project:Pootopia!&nbsp; brings together artists, engineers, economists and scientists to change public perceptions around human waste - from a problem to a resource - by exploring the benefits of using human excrement as fertiliser for sustainable food growth through art. Pootopia! is a joint venture between artists Dr Lucas Ihlein and Dr Kim Williams, with fellow UOW researchers, including pathogen scientist Dr Bethany Hoye, engineer Professor Faisal Hai and economists Associate Professor Amir Arjomandi and Associate Professor Alfredo Paloyo. They are joined by art students Cameron Barnes and Kaz Zouain, and performance artist and UOW graduate Amber Jones. Our first public event was the creation of a VIPoo - a bespoke composting toilet system for the Yours and Owls Festival in Wollongong, October 2023. Our second event was the launch of the TURDIS - our hot pink portable composting toilet - at the Botanic Gardens in Wollongong - November 2024. Here is a short video about our intervention at the festival: Here is a short video about the launch of the TURDIS at the Wollongong Botanic Gardens: (Video production by WayWard Films) https://lucasihlein.net/Re-enactment-of-Horror-Film-1 Tue, 08 Sep 2020 09:33:35 +0000 Lucas Ihlein https://lucasihlein.net/Re-enactment-of-Horror-Film-1 <img width="572" height="1600" width_o="572" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/03152ab7c33bf72a1c0f9675aece925e05db66ef662a99f6c2f7cac73af9891b/louise-performing-horror-film-1.jpg" data-mid="157880370" border="0" alt=" Louise Curham performing Horror Film 1 at Canberra Contemporary Art Space, June 2014" data-caption=" Louise Curham performing &lt;i&gt;Horror Film 1 &lt;/i&gt;at Canberra Contemporary Art Space, June 2014" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/572/i/03152ab7c33bf72a1c0f9675aece925e05db66ef662a99f6c2f7cac73af9891b/louise-performing-horror-film-1.jpg" /> <img width="620" height="465" width_o="620" height_o="465" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/902cd206ead7f2ebb895c45d44a22b2c3936ce22e631cb98ade48bd88b02a1ca/louise-and-lucas-with-projector.jpg" data-mid="157880372" border="0" alt=" Louise Curham and Lucas Ihlein in preparation for presenting Horror Film 1 at Canberra Contemporary Art Spcce, June 2014" data-caption=" Louise Curham and Lucas Ihlein in preparation for presenting &lt;i&gt;Horror Film 1 &lt;/i&gt;at Canberra Contemporary Art Spcce, June 2014" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/620/i/902cd206ead7f2ebb895c45d44a22b2c3936ce22e631cb98ade48bd88b02a1ca/louise-and-lucas-with-projector.jpg" /> <img width="500" height="333" width_o="500" height_o="333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6fbc94cf936463b69426af5008f70408cbb8890e61a2c98e2cbe302b4b8ce18a/oliver-thomas.jpg" data-mid="157880374" border="0" alt=" Oliver Thomas Cash Curham Shaw (aged 5) practices the moves of Horror Film 1 with his mother, Louise Curham" data-caption=" Oliver Thomas Cash Curham Shaw (aged 5) practices the moves of &lt;i&gt;Horror Film 1&lt;/i&gt; with his mother, Louise Curham" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/500/i/6fbc94cf936463b69426af5008f70408cbb8890e61a2c98e2cbe302b4b8ce18a/oliver-thomas.jpg" /> <img width="640" height="480" width_o="640" height_o="480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/92479953ead5e2694adc5697a672a496c1fa186644908987b6b33ec58d2dc810/setting-up-2.jpg" data-mid="157880375" border="0" alt=" Louise Curham and Lucas Ihlein in preparation for presenting Horror Film 1 at Canberra Contemporary Art Space, June 2014" data-caption=" Louise Curham and Lucas Ihlein in preparation for presenting &lt;i&gt;Horror Film 1 &lt;/i&gt;at Canberra Contemporary Art Space, June 2014" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/640/i/92479953ead5e2694adc5697a672a496c1fa186644908987b6b33ec58d2dc810/setting-up-2.jpg" /> <img width="640" height="480" width_o="640" height_o="480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/444eae90b920d3bc18f7e57043d5bd7498981960ad64ab9c15978f15f272a23a/setting-up.jpg" data-mid="157880376" border="0" alt=" Lucas Ihlein and Peter Shaw in preparation for presenting Horror Film 1 at Canberra Contemporary Art Space, June 2014" data-caption=" Lucas Ihlein and Peter Shaw in preparation for presenting &lt;i&gt;Horror Film 1 &lt;/i&gt;at Canberra Contemporary Art Space, June 2014" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/640/i/444eae90b920d3bc18f7e57043d5bd7498981960ad64ab9c15978f15f272a23a/setting-up.jpg" /> <img width="500" height="375" width_o="500" height_o="375" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/129bd9d5d28479b6274b5ea54d980fa14aa835ac5bbec22f62ede58d268761de/malcolm-louise-lucas.jpg" data-mid="157880377" border="0" alt=" Louise Curham, Lucas Ihlein and Malcolm Le Grice, in Malcolm's studio, June 2013" data-caption=" Louise Curham, Lucas Ihlein and Malcolm Le Grice, in Malcolm's studio, June 2013" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/500/i/129bd9d5d28479b6274b5ea54d980fa14aa835ac5bbec22f62ede58d268761de/malcolm-louise-lucas.jpg" /> <img width="500" height="375" width_o="500" height_o="375" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1058f62da81829f36d3dc42c3d5cae5c679c22d5b3b488599969286ae872a299/le-grice-stand-in.jpg" data-mid="157880378" border="0" alt=" Note by Malcolm Le Grice: &quot;I decided I should soon need to train a stand in" data-caption=" Note by Malcolm Le Grice: &quot;I decided I should soon need to train a stand in" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/500/i/1058f62da81829f36d3dc42c3d5cae5c679c22d5b3b488599969286ae872a299/le-grice-stand-in.jpg" /> <img width="311" height="981" width_o="311" height_o="981" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/44c98485272516c7c204c8d883259a168acf702a0a68a500ded5d68dbd5ee1b5/le-grice-horror-film.jpg" data-mid="157880379" border="0" alt=" Malcolm Le Grice, performance documentation from performance of Horror Film 1" data-caption=" Malcolm Le Grice, performance documentation from performance of &lt;i&gt;Horror Film 1&lt;/i&gt;" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/311/i/44c98485272516c7c204c8d883259a168acf702a0a68a500ded5d68dbd5ee1b5/le-grice-horror-film.jpg" /> <img width="1037" height="1600" width_o="1037" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/85657f02fbfd8a5799d4ba60f6979087108fc00df5d16d3e87dbb2db06cccf3b/horror-film-diagram.jpg" data-mid="157880380" border="0" alt=" Lucas Ihlein, Diagram showing set-up for Horror Film 1" data-caption=" Lucas Ihlein, Diagram showing set-up for &lt;i&gt;Horror Film 1&lt;/i&gt;" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/85657f02fbfd8a5799d4ba60f6979087108fc00df5d16d3e87dbb2db06cccf3b/horror-film-diagram.jpg" /> Re-enactment of Malcolm Le Grice's Horror Film 1: Teaching and Learning Cinema (Louise Curham and Lucas Ihlein), 2013-2025 and beyond... In mid-2013, Louise Curham and Lucas Ihlein visited the UK to begin research on a possible re-enactment of Malcolm Le Grice’s Horror Film 1 (1971). Malcolm invited us to work with him on this, after hearing about our other expanded cinema re-enactment projects. In May 2013, thanks to the hospitality of Steven Ball and David Curtis, we spent several days at the British Artists Film and Video Study Collection (BAFVSC) at Central St Martins art school in London, visiting Malcolm's archives. Following this we passed the best part of a week in Devon, discussing Horror Film 1 (and a million other things) with Malcolm – from a technical point of view, but also in terms of its cultural/technological context, then and now. Malcolm gave us some of his 16mm film stock to work with, and his blessing to experiment and explore how the performance might change when it's transferred to new bodies. In all our re-enactments, we’re interested to explore what the work “meant” when it was originally presented to the public, and what it might mean now. Meaning, of course, is mediated by technological changes, historical shifts, and biographical events in the life of the artist. Even an extremely faithful re-presentation is different from the ‘original’ in so many ways. In June 2014, Teaching and Learning Cinema presented the first public performance of their re-enactment of this key work of expanded cinema from 1971. TLC presented the work in 2022 at the Contour556 Canberra Biennial, with performances by Nicci Haynes and Lucas Ihlein. During 2022 Curham and Ihlein began work on an&nbsp;instruction manual (digital, paper-based, and video-based) for Horror Film 1, intended to facilitate the passing-on of the work to others (around the world, and into the future). This work is ongoing, you can follow the process here.&nbsp; In 2024, the first performances of Horror Film 1 were staged in Europe, by Cinzia Nistico and Betija Zvejniece at&nbsp;European Media Art Festival. These performances were staged following the zoom coaching of TLC, and with the help of the Horror Film 1 Users Manual.&nbsp; More info about Re-enactment of Malcolm Le Grice's Horror Film 1Some blog posts documenting the research and development of our re-enactment. Journal article: Lucas Ihlein and Louise Curham, 2015, "Reaching Through to the Object: Reenacting Malcolm Le Grice’s Horror Film 1", in Performance Matters, Vol 1., No1-2, pp. 24-40. More info here, and download the full article here. Some links from the Canberra Contemporary Art Space web pages about our work there:Horror Film 1 - Teaching and Learning Cinema at Canberra Contemporary Art SpaceTLC at CCASPublicity for performance event A folder of photos of Horror Film 1 related material at the British Artists Film and Video Study Collection at Central St Martins College, London. A folder of photos from the development of the work in England in 2013. The development of this work in London in 2013 coincided with our first performance of (Wo)man with Mirror at Apiary Studios, presented in association with Unconscious Archives. More info here. "Tending the Archive": a talk by Louise Curham at the 2015 Australian Society of Archivists Conference. Read it here. More info on re-enactment as a strategy for action-research, artmaking and art history here. Steven Ball, "Beyond the Cringe: Australia, Britain, and the Post-Colonial Film Avant-Garde", in Senses of Cinema, Issue 78, March 2016. Video documentation of Louise Curham performing Horror Film 1, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, June 2014: Essay: Luisa Greenfield, 2026, “Handing Over Horror Film”, in SPECTRAL 2022-2025 published by Baltic Analog Lab, Crater-Lab, WORM Filmwerkplaats, Laia-Torre, LaborBerlin, and Mire.&nbsp;&nbsp; https://lucasihlein.net/City-Sea Tue, 19 Aug 2025 18:59:35 +0000 Lucas Ihlein https://lucasihlein.net/City-Sea <img width="999" height="562" width_o="999" height_o="562" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9fb29e8cc74873a04ae9f8594f07ef949b316ebc5f9be303483f162ff387499e/City---Sea-Photos-5-1-999x562.jpg" data-mid="237198159" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/999/i/9fb29e8cc74873a04ae9f8594f07ef949b316ebc5f9be303483f162ff387499e/City---Sea-Photos-5-1-999x562.jpg" /> <img width="4277" height="2309" width_o="4277" height_o="2309" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6f9f875f6fca4d596659d6b0787d79a8b1fb2afb6af8b9bfbaf189b77c76fc1b/City---Sea-Photos-24.jpg" data-mid="237198214" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6f9f875f6fca4d596659d6b0787d79a8b1fb2afb6af8b9bfbaf189b77c76fc1b/City---Sea-Photos-24.jpg" /> <img width="3932" height="2350" width_o="3932" height_o="2350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8463319d36a5ec3cc818f8e263aa5825d549c7d105cce73eddf19f53f15292d5/City---Sea-Photos-21.jpg" data-mid="237198869" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8463319d36a5ec3cc818f8e263aa5825d549c7d105cce73eddf19f53f15292d5/City---Sea-Photos-21.jpg" /> <img width="2422" height="1391" width_o="2422" height_o="1391" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9f267cc1c2ed2646608aa3cefd320f0117293eec779bc16174baf14e1c4f55ad/City---Sea-Photos-3.jpg" data-mid="237198580" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9f267cc1c2ed2646608aa3cefd320f0117293eec779bc16174baf14e1c4f55ad/City---Sea-Photos-3.jpg" /> City+Sea City+Sea is a project by a cross-disciplinary group from University of Wollongong: Kim Williams, Leah Gibbs, Lucas Ihlein, and Sarah Hamylton, with artwork contributions from Hayden Griffith and Aunty Barbara Nicholson.&nbsp; Visit the City+Sea blog. About the project:The installation offers a ‘flipped’ perspective of the Illawarra: the land seen from the sea. The exhibition has 5 components: A video of the Illawarra coastline, shot in a single continuous take from a fishing boat. The high resolution video is projected as large as possible within the gallery space to create an immersive experience for the viewer. A sound recording of waves and wind accompanies the video. The video runs in real time for 3.5 hours, simulating the entire journey along the coast. A continuous watercolour drawing of the coastline (comprising 35 parts, each approx 20cm tall by 60cm wide) created during the boat journey by the artists, scientist, and geographer. A narrative poem written by local Wadi Wadi Elder Aunty Barbara Nicholson, written in response to the video and watercolour. The poem is installed above the watercolour painting, telling fragments of local story and history through an Indigenous view of Country. A video that voices the poem by Aunty Barbara Nicholson. A booklet with writing and photos by the artists, designed by John Causley. View some photographs of the exhibition and the researchers-artists here. Photos by Paul Jones. Exhibition acknowledgements: Acknowledgement of CountryWe pay our respects to the Traditional Custodians of theland and water on which we live and work, and wherethis artwork was made. We acknowledge the people whohold connection to this Country, and we acknowledgeCountry itself. Interdisciplinary Exhibition TeamDr Kim Williams (artist)A/Prof. Leah Gibbs (human geographer)Dr Lucas Ihlein (artist)A/Prof. Sarah Hamylton (coastal geographer) Artwork ContributorsHayden Griffith (cinematographer)Aunty Barbara Nicholson (Wadi Wadi Elder, poet) Exhibition Tech TeamPhillippa Webb (gallery curator)Alistair Davies (technician)Orlando Norrish (technician)Rory Moy (technician) FundingThis project was funded by a University of WollongongReVITAlise (RITA) Research Grant 2021. The exhibitionreceived additional support from ACCESS (AustralianCentre for Culture, Environment, Society and Space), andthe ‘Better Oceans, Better Futures’ ARC Linkage project(LP200300895). Thanks toHelen F. Wilson, Michelle Voyer, Anna Jones, Aaron Hull,Bobby from Aquilla Fishing Charters, Anthony McKnight,Aunty Carol Speechley, Valerie Harwood, Pauline McGuirk,Cath McKinnon, Sue Bennett, Jo Law, Pete Kelly, GlennAlexander, Paul Jones, Holden Davies, C3P ResearchCentre, UOW Printery, Facilities Management Division. https://lucasihlein.net/Plastic-free-Biennale Tue, 08 Sep 2020 09:38:03 +0000 Lucas Ihlein https://lucasihlein.net/Plastic-free-Biennale Plastic-free Biennale (with Kim Williams) Plastic in the House - a music video by the Plastic Highlighters, featured in Plastic-free Biennale Visit the Plastic-free Biennale blog. About the project:Plastic-free Biennale is a project by Kim Williams and Lucas Ihlein for NIRIN, the 2020 Biennale of Sydney. In 2019, we (Kim Williams and Lucas Ihlein) were invited to take part in NIRIN. Artistic director Brook Andrew commissioned us to create a project focused on plastic. Andrew’s vision involved artists involved at every level of the festival - from publication design, to food, education, and even transport infrastructure - and with our project, an intervention into the Biennale’s environmental impact. Our project emerged slowly, over a few years, beginning well before the start of the public exhibition, and continuing throughout the live time of the festival (and beyond). One of the main aspects of the project was a “consultancy” with the Biennale organisation. In the spirit of Barbara Stevini and John Latham’s “Artist Placement Group” from the 1970s, the model of artists-as-consultants pushed us into thinking of our role beyond the standard production of content for an exhibition. Rather, we took on the challenge of trying to re-design what a biennale (and what this biennale) could be, both behind the scenes and in the public eye. Project Components: Exhibition at Cockatoo Island (March-Sept 2020) Project blog - telling the story about our work. Song and Music Video "Plastic in the House" with kids group, The Plastic Highlighters. Listen/watch here. Plastic-free Manifesto. Read about the development of many manifesti, here. Engagement with the Biennale of Sydney Staff. Collaborations. In this project, we've worked with other artists and scientists, including microplastic researcher Nuwanthi Kanchana, performance artists Juundaal Strang-Yettica, Amber Jones, and Helen Ramoutsaki. MC Nannarchy's Plastic Wrap: 2020 Biennale of Sydney COVID-19 Lockdown Version More info on Plastic-free Biennale:Lucas Ihlein and Kim Williams, "Manifesti for a Plastic-free Biennale", in Axon: Creative Explorations, Volume 10, Number 2, December 2020, special edition on the theme of "MANIFESTOS, DIATRIBES AND CREATIVE INTERVENTIONS". The Sisters of Perpetual Plastix (Juundaal Strang-Yettica and Amber Jones) joined the project as emerging artist collaborators. Check out their website here. Two versions of the Manifesto are included in the Nirin Ngaay Reader created by Trent Walter and Stuart Geddes. Kim Williams and Lucas Ihlein, "Imagining the Impossible", Art Asia Pacific, Issue 120, Sept-Oct 2020. Cicada Innovations, "New and Sustainable Materials Expo", October 2021, discussion of Plastic-free Biennale at about 16 minutes by the Biennale of Sydney CEO Barbara Moore. Michaela Bear, "NIRIN The 22nd Biennale of Sydney", review at Biennale Foundation mentioning Plastic-free Biennale. Katie Lawson, “‘Staying with the Trouble’” at the Helsinki Biennial: Challenges of Environmental Curating”, in Momus, September 11, 2025. This article mentions Plastic-free Biennale as an example of an artwork intervening in the life of a cultural festival beyond the short cycle of exhibition. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Microplastics Citizen Science Field Trip - a short video featuring Nuwanthi Kanchana, produced for Plastic-free Biennale by Wayward Films <img width="1902" height="2039" width_o="1902" height_o="2039" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b5f8c77301698b83a7215f863b329d9361341ea29d9c555be5db89c0ec186b31/pfb-book.jpeg" data-mid="157880265" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b5f8c77301698b83a7215f863b329d9361341ea29d9c555be5db89c0ec186b31/pfb-book.jpeg" /> Plastic-free Biennale - 2021 - the book - read or download various versions of it here. https://lucasihlein.net/EXTRA-EXTRA Thu, 20 Feb 2020 06:46:42 +0000 Lucas Ihlein https://lucasihlein.net/EXTRA-EXTRA <img width="3870" height="2268" width_o="3870" height_o="2268" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/302f18558089c13f90bd8c778439e5bbb1c235b9926c5702bcc8438dffae15f5/lucas-ihlein-and-collaborators---extra-extra-newspapers.jpg" data-mid="157880267" border="0" alt="All five editions of the EXTRA! EXTRA! newspaper printed by the Rizzeria" data-caption="All five editions of the EXTRA! EXTRA! newspaper printed by the Rizzeria" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/302f18558089c13f90bd8c778439e5bbb1c235b9926c5702bcc8438dffae15f5/lucas-ihlein-and-collaborators---extra-extra-newspapers.jpg" /> <img width="2667" height="4000" width_o="2667" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9690cc3be58ca57a527573ada6afe2c72480b2cdcbbce4cfbd653a5777565498/Ihlein-Rizzeria-Extra-Extra-2019-02---photo-by-Jenni-Carter.jpg" data-mid="157880268" border="0" alt=" Ian Shoobridge (far left), Alisa Croft (left) and Lucas Ihlein prepare an edition of EXTRA! EXTRA! at Art Gallery of NSW" data-caption=" Ian Shoobridge (far left), Alisa Croft (left) and Lucas Ihlein prepare an edition of EXTRA! EXTRA! at Art Gallery of NSW" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9690cc3be58ca57a527573ada6afe2c72480b2cdcbbce4cfbd653a5777565498/Ihlein-Rizzeria-Extra-Extra-2019-02---photo-by-Jenni-Carter.jpg" /> <img width="2695" height="4000" width_o="2695" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8d3a948b6122845bd929ef35ad46e0b3252897b4cbddbb6de70174c71e787fe8/Ihlein-Rizzeria-Extra-Extra-2019-01-photo-by-Jenni-Carter.jpg" data-mid="157880269" border="0" alt="The EXTRA!EXTRA! print workshop installation at Art Gallery of NSW" data-caption="The EXTRA!EXTRA! print workshop installation at Art Gallery of NSW" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8d3a948b6122845bd929ef35ad46e0b3252897b4cbddbb6de70174c71e787fe8/Ihlein-Rizzeria-Extra-Extra-2019-01-photo-by-Jenni-Carter.jpg" /> <img width="4083" height="2182" width_o="4083" height_o="2182" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2c98481c2d49adebde208077502119d2910893e296494921181e44b1ef686834/lucas-ihlein-extra-extra-installation-detail.jpg" data-mid="157880270" border="0" alt="Detail of the pages from the newspaper editions pinned up on the wall at Art Gallery of NSW" data-caption="Detail of the pages from the newspaper editions pinned up on the wall at Art Gallery of NSW" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2c98481c2d49adebde208077502119d2910893e296494921181e44b1ef686834/lucas-ihlein-extra-extra-installation-detail.jpg" /> <img width="2268" height="3469" width_o="2268" height_o="3469" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d41c69dd63f30f0521a33f42462eab32b45da32072e82ca2ed7d24e32012de3b/lucas-ihlein-extra-extra-edition-2-2019.jpg" data-mid="157880271" border="0" alt="Detail of front page of edition 2 of EXTRA!EXTRA!" data-caption="Detail of front page of edition 2 of EXTRA!EXTRA!" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d41c69dd63f30f0521a33f42462eab32b45da32072e82ca2ed7d24e32012de3b/lucas-ihlein-extra-extra-edition-2-2019.jpg" /> EXTRA! EXTRA! In late 2019, Lucas Ihlein worked with the Rizzeria Collective and a sprawling team of collaborators to create a unique project at the Art Gallery of NSW. The group of printmakers, designers, live artists and journalists set up a risograph print workshop in the gallery, and over five weeks, produced a weekly newspaper in the space. Lucas was invited by John Kaldor to create this project in response to the survey exhibition Making Art Public: 50 Years of Kaldor Public Art Projects curated by Michael Landy. Under the EXTRA!EXTRA! masthead, the weekly printed newspaper responded critically and playfully to the Making Art Public exhibition. Fresh content was generated live by guest journalists and artists, and the newspaper was designed and printed by the Rizzeria collective in situ. Each week, contributions in the paper bounced off the Kaldor legacy and extended into the real world, tackling contentious ideas around climate change, Aboriginal connection to Country, the archiving of live art, art and censorship, and artists’ labour relations. A special series of articles investigated the decline of journalism in the Australian media landscape, and proposed that artistic journalism (as embodied by the EXTRA!EXTRA! newspaper itself) might offer an alternative mode of investigative journalism to fill this gap. A complex and multi-layered project, EXTRA!EXTRA! represents an exciting example of what curator Glenn Barkley once dubbed “printmaking in the expanded field”, throwing open the doors of the print studio for public participation, education and provocation. The views expressed in the pages of EXTRA! EXTRA! are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions or official policies of the editors, Kaldor Public Art Projects or the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Project Credits: Editor-in-Chief and project leader: Lucas Ihlein Collaborating Editor-at-Large: Ian Milliss Printers: Alisa Croft and Micke Lindebergh Chief Designer: Ian Shoobridge Design, Typography and Illustration: Ian Shoobridge, Micke Lindebergh, Sunny Lei Journalist-Artists: Chris Nash, Wendy Bacon, Jenna Price, Lorrie Graham, John Kavanagh, Caren Florance, Boni Cairncross, Louise Curham, Shags, Juundaal Strang-Yettica, Amber Jones, Mickie Quick, Malcolm Whittaker, Sarah Rodigari, Judith Pugh, Ward O’Neill, Bourke Public School, Wilcannia Central School, Chloe Wolifson Rizzeria Team: Alisa Croft, Ian Shoobridge, Bettina Kaiser, Kitty Cardwell, Estee Sarsfield, Micke Lindebergh, Sunny Lei, Emily Nunell, Anna Ke, Stephanie Phillips, Isabella Brown, Halla Hannesdottir, Shanni Sun, Tina Matthews Project website: www.extra-extra.press - Amber Jones Kaldor Public Art Projects Project Manager: Antonia Fredman Art Gallery of NSW Project coordination:Victoria Collings More info on EXTRA! EXTRA!:Project website. Individual Editions of the Newspaper:Edition 1 as PDF Edition 2 as PDF Edition 3 as PDF Edition 4 as PDF Edition 5 as PDF OMNIBUS Edition as PDFAn album of photos from the project. About the Kaldor Studio program. Article by Wendy Bacon reflecting on her involvement in the project. Lucas Ihlein and Nadia Odlum in conversation with Antonia Fredman at Art Gallery of NSW After Hours program. "Wondering where to draw the line", article by Chloe Wolifson reflecting on the overall project, published in the Omnibus Edition of EXTRA!EXTRA! AGNSW Look Magazine - Nov-Dec 2019 - Article about EXTRA!EXTRA! Artist discussion at AGNSW on 12 Feb 2020, between Antonia Fredman, Nadia Odlum, and Lucas Ihlein. Recording on Soundcloud here. EXTRA!EXTRA! was a finalist in the 2021 Fremantle Print Award. Read a review here. https://lucasihlein.net/Baking-Earth-Soil-and-the-Carbon-Economy Tue, 19 Mar 2019 12:28:37 +0000 Lucas Ihlein https://lucasihlein.net/Baking-Earth-Soil-and-the-Carbon-Economy Baking Earth: Soil and the Carbon Economy LET'S PAY OUR FARMERS TO END GLOBAL WARMING video by WayWard Films. Baking Earth - Soil and the Carbon Economy video by Takeshi Kondo. Visit the Baking Earth website beginning in early 2019. About the project:Baking Earth is a project by Lucas Ihlein, in collaboration with Allan Yeomans. The project focuses on the Yeomans Carbon Still, a recent invention by Allan Yeomans for measuring the carbon content of soils. The machine is intended to be used by farmers as a means of quantifying the carbon sequestration performed through their agriculture practices. In a future carbon economy, farmers could be paid for drawing down carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through regenerative farming. According to Allan Yeomans, up until now soil carbon testing procedures have been complex and prohibitively expensive. Simpler and cheaper methods of finding out how much carbon is in a farmer’s soil are needed to create the incentive for widespread change in agricultural practice. Baking Earth premiered in the exhibition Shapes of Knowledge, curated by Hannah Mathews at Monash University Museum of Art, February 9 – April 13, 2019. For the exhibition, Lucas and Allan presented a fully operational demonstration model of the Yeomans Carbon Still, which was used to test the carbon content of soils of various farms throughout Victoria, NSW and Queensland. Excursions to collect the soil samples involved Monash University students, scholars and members of the wider community. These events doubled as opportunities for learning about regenerative farming processes more broadly. Alongside these material investigations, public discussions took place in the gallery involving engineers, climate scientists and carbon farming advocates about the potential viability (economic, legal, botanical) of an agricultural approach to carbon sequestration. While the Yeomans Carbon Still is not yet an approved methodology for testing soil carbon, part of Lucas and Allan's goal at MUMA was to explore the viability of getting the Carbon Still accredited by the Australian government. Acknowledgements Baking Earth: Soil and the Carbon Economy has been supported by Australia Council for the Arts, Australian Research Council, Monash University Museum of Art, Kandos School of Cultural Adaptation, Create NSW, and Yeomans Plow Co. Many thanks to Rhiannon Sutton Yeomans for design and project assistance.&nbsp; The project forms part of An artist, a farmer, and a scientist walk into a bar… co-ordinated by Kandos School of Cultural Adaptation (KSCA). More info on Baking Earth:The Baking Earth project website. Baking Earth is featured in the first edition of Regener8 Magazine - produced by the National Regenerative Agriculture Day. The Yeomans Carbon Still and the Baking Earth project was featured in Acres Australia. Read the exhibition catalogue for Shapes of Knowledge, published by Monash University Museum of Art. There's an essay by Joshua Harrison on Baking Earth on page 105. Immediately following the exhibition at MUMA, Lucas Ihlein was invited to contribute an essay about soil for Kaldor Public Art Projects' education kit on artist Asad Rasa. You can read the essay here or download the pdf of the whole publication here. "AUSTRALIAN FARMERS CAN REVERSE THE GLOBAL EFFECTS OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: CARBON NATION", article by Colin Taylor, The Weekly Times Lucas Ihlein hosted a "Soil and the Carbon Economy Round-table Discussion" at Monash University Museum of Art on 23 March, 2019, featuring Allan Yeomans (inventor of the Yeomans Carbon Still), Louisa Kiely (Carbon Farmers of Australia), Dru Marsh (EPA Victoria), Lucas Ihlein (artist) and Niels and Maja Olsen (regenerative farmers). Melbourne filmmaker Takeshi Kondo produced this short video about Baking Earth for MUMA - featuring Lucas Ihlein and Allan Yeomans. Wollongong video makers WayWard created this 10 minute video entitled "Let's Pay Our Farmers to End Global Warming" which was featured in the exhibition at MUMA. Baking Earth documentation and discussion is part of Groundswell at The Living Classroom, Bingara, September 2019. Greening the Apocalypse, RRR radio Melbourne, 12 March 2019 "Shapes of knowledge: A conversation - Maria Bilske in conversation with Hannah Mathews and Alex Martinis Roe", in Artlink, Issue 39:3 September 2019. Download PDF here. Paul Isbel, "Review of Shapes of Knowledge", 7 March 2019, Arts Hub. The above video is a recording of an Art Forum lecture by Lucas Ihlein for MADA (Monash Architecture Design Art) on 20 March, 2020. (Source) Shapes of Knowledge - Exhibition catalogue https://lucasihlein.net/An-artist-a-farmer-and-a-scientist-walk-into-a-bar Wed, 22 Nov 2017 11:18:30 +0000 Lucas Ihlein https://lucasihlein.net/An-artist-a-farmer-and-a-scientist-walk-into-a-bar <img width="624" height="855" width_o="624" height_o="855" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4422054bef3c1e6a7079effd16a7afb663c8c74147c15248d55d7ae565a6b43b/Screen-Shot-2022-03-24-at-10.51.47-am.png" data-mid="157880304" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/624/i/4422054bef3c1e6a7079effd16a7afb663c8c74147c15248d55d7ae565a6b43b/Screen-Shot-2022-03-24-at-10.51.47-am.png" /> An artist, a farmer, and a scientist walk into a bar... edited by Laura Fisher, Lucas Ihlein and Vickie Zhang (2021) A&nbsp;newspaper published by the Kandos School of Cultural Adaptation - download the publication here. The newspaper&nbsp;draws together 8 cross-disciplinary collaborative projects curated by KSCA. More info here. It also draws on the knowledge shared at the Groundswell Forum in Bingara in 2019.&nbsp;KSCA is an artists' and writers' collective working together to explore the idea of adaptive cultural change. In 2018, nine artists embarked on a series of ambitious collaborations with farmers, scientists, Aboriginal knowledge-holders and rural innovators in regional NSW to explore how arts-informed collaborations can inspire fresh approaches to environmental challenges faced today. Each of the projects had a unique focus: wild foods, solar energy, Aboriginal care for country, biochar, soil, humus, carbon sequestration and the adaptive journeys of farmers.&nbsp; The participants cross-pollinated knowledge and tools across their disciplines by hosting workshops, farm visits and talks, performances, and produced films, prototypes and architecture. The project seeded a new festival (Groundswell) in Bingara NSW. It featured in an exhibition at Artbank, was the focus of talks at Carriageworks with Kaldor Public Art, and culminated in this 56 page newspaper launched at the first ‘Fermenta’ Festival in Kandos NSW. More info on Kandos School of Cultural Adaptation&nbsp;is here. Some further links: The KSCA newspaper is featured in Cultural Adaptations: lessons learned evaluation report. by Fremantle, Chris; Mabon, Leslie, 2021. The newspaper was awarded the 2021 ‘interdisciplinary collaboration’ prize at the Northern Beaches Environmental Art &amp; Design Awards. Laura Fisher and Alexandra Crosby, "Experiments with Arts Institutions: The Kandos School of Cultural Adaptation and Frontyard", in The Australian Art Field: Practices, Policies, Institutions, edited by Tony Bennett, Deborah Stevenson, Fred Myers, Tamara Winikoff, Routledge, 2020 Abigail Moncreiff, "'The work that art does': Kandos school of cultural adaptation", in Artlink, Vol 41, Issue 2, 2021 <img width="1488" height="1745" width_o="1488" height_o="1745" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3742b9cd7cbcfb427fc030d65cc82d3eadd6b2ffe844f420357e2e969c9e2c49/laura-KSCA-newspaper-launch.jpg" data-mid="157880303" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3742b9cd7cbcfb427fc030d65cc82d3eadd6b2ffe844f420357e2e969c9e2c49/laura-KSCA-newspaper-launch.jpg" /> Laura Fisher at the launch of the KSCA newspaper at Wayout Gallery in Kandos, March 2021 https://lucasihlein.net/Futurelands2 Mon, 28 Nov 2022 04:51:08 +0000 Lucas Ihlein https://lucasihlein.net/Futurelands2 <img width="4218" height="3444" width_o="4218" height_o="3444" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bac66621dac5c3cb5616b71beef8035fe912a40f8111a4af4b53ed7d430dcd3b/futurelands-2-newspaper.JPG" data-mid="160329646" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bac66621dac5c3cb5616b71beef8035fe912a40f8111a4af4b53ed7d430dcd3b/futurelands-2-newspaper.JPG" /> Futurelands2: Kandos School of Cultural Adaptation, 2016-17KSCA hosted Futurelands2 in November 2016, a rural forum about human relationships with land. More info here. In April 2017, KSCA launched the Futurelands2 newspaper at the CEMENTA17 Festival. Read it here. https://lucasihlein.net/Watershed-Land-Art-Project Sun, 03 Jun 2018 19:20:09 +0000 Lucas Ihlein https://lucasihlein.net/Watershed-Land-Art-Project <img width="2000" height="1499" width_o="2000" height_o="1499" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c104f9b07db330fe33b18118a0c1a4e42cd138dd65e57c334568da5aa004e483/watershed-aerial-01.jpg" data-mid="157880279" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c104f9b07db330fe33b18118a0c1a4e42cd138dd65e57c334568da5aa004e483/watershed-aerial-01.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1499" width_o="2000" height_o="1499" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ab17dcd42f46bc558e32ddf2473b9b2fc6a270ca01d97edb40c67fc30d813ef2/watershed-aerial-02.jpg" data-mid="157880280" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ab17dcd42f46bc558e32ddf2473b9b2fc6a270ca01d97edb40c67fc30d813ef2/watershed-aerial-02.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="3000" width_o="4000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/02c6de607831398ecdec67e560cf1e4a5eb7872acb0b1c9a813a4cc5c11f0f7e/watershed-aerial-03.jpg" data-mid="157880277" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/02c6de607831398ecdec67e560cf1e4a5eb7872acb0b1c9a813a4cc5c11f0f7e/watershed-aerial-03.jpg" /> <img width="3992" height="2992" width_o="3992" height_o="2992" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a893f382969c8f74d9e9a86bc11b247d8cf6594ece6fded31f22d1b4f09ef554/watershed-aerial-04.jpg" data-mid="157880278" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a893f382969c8f74d9e9a86bc11b247d8cf6594ece6fded31f22d1b4f09ef554/watershed-aerial-04.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/26da2d506c2baf1e834d07cce19730b2c77bb80484dbc5158b773ab6081a0d7b/beacon-legume-lucas-and-kids.jpg" data-mid="157880281" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/26da2d506c2baf1e834d07cce19730b2c77bb80484dbc5158b773ab6081a0d7b/beacon-legume-lucas-and-kids.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/adf0fba8b00ef9b78e60e52b6f77c9406be9f42f6d0cdcc60d4820a0e9c3941a/beacon-planting-aerial.jpg" data-mid="157880282" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/adf0fba8b00ef9b78e60e52b6f77c9406be9f42f6d0cdcc60d4820a0e9c3941a/beacon-planting-aerial.jpg" /> Visit the Watershed Land Art Project blog (2018-2019). About the project:The Watershed Land Art Project is part of the wider program of Sugar vs the Reef? The WLAP was a community effort. The project was supported by the following artists, farmers, growers, environmental champions and community leaders: Artists Kim Williams and Lucas Ihlein, farmer Simon Mattsson and family, John and Christene Sweet, Central Queensland Soil Health Systems (CQSHS), Starrett Vea Vea with the Mackay and District Australian South Sea Islander Association (MADASSIA), Kellie Galletly, Cherrie Hughes, Tegan McBride, Yuwibara Aboriginal Corporation, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Reef Catchments, Pioneer Catchments and Landcare, Artspace Mackay, Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens and many more. The Watershed Land Art Project brought together a diverse cross section of the Mackay community to create a unique botanical artwork - The Beacon - at the Botanic Gardens. The images above show some of the processes involved in the creation of The Beacon, beginning in February 2018. The WLAP - through The Beacon - showed how methods of Regenerative Agriculture can be used by the sugarcane industry to benefit farmers, the environment and society. The purpose of this artwork is to:Create a striking installation for the MRBG, attracting diverse audiences;Demonstrate principles of Regenerative Agriculture (RA);Show how RA principles can be applied within industrial agricultural operations, particularly sugarcane farming;Catalyse improved environmental management practices in the catchment of the Great Barrier Reef;Celebrate the contribution of the Australian South Sea Islander (ASSI) communities in the sugarcane industry in Queensland;Bring together diverse communities within the Mackay region (farmers, Indigenous people, ASSI community members, scientists, and the general public);Generate deeper understanding of the complex roles played by agriculture in the region’s economy, social life and ecology;Engage with public education through schools (including with the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority’s Reef Guardians program). About Regenerative AgricultureRegenerative Agriculture is based on a range of principles, including the following:No bare soil - keep it covered with forage, mulch or crop residueAlways have living roots in the groundMaximise plant diversityMinimise soil disturbance By applying these principles sugarcane farmers can:Improve plant, soil and ecosystem healthReduce the need for synthetic inputs and fertilisersReduce soil and fertiliser run-off into local waterways and The Great Barrier ReefIncrease soil carbon sequestration SCHEDULE:During 2018 and 2019 we hosted a number of public education and celebration events as our crops grew on site at The Beacon. Here’s a taste of what’s happened: January 2018: Marking out the site, loosening the soil, mulching, applying liquid bio-fertiliser. February 2018: Community planting of a crop of mixed legumes to help fix nitrogen in the soil. May 2018: Slashing the legumes to add mulch to the surface and decomposing roots to the soil. June 2018: Planting a winter cover crop (vetch, lucerne, fenugreek, buckwheat) to contribute more organic matter both above and belowground. August 2018: Slashing the winter cover crop to add mulch to the surface and decomposing roots underneath the soil surface. August 2018: Community planting of a dual crop of sugarcane and sunflowers. November 2018: Sunflower harvesting and community celebration. October 2019: Sugarcane harvest and community celebration. On the Watershed Land Art Project as a whole: Watershed Land Art Project website here. (See also Sunset Symphony in the Sunflowers.) Instagram - Watershed Mackay Reef Catchments / Catchment Solutions report on soil improvement for the Beacon "Minerals Mulch and Microbes", article about John Sweet, one of the key collaborators on The Beacon by Kirili Lamb. "Group a Beacon shining light with ideas" by Kirili Lamb, May 2019. Dr Tania Leimbach &amp; Dr Judith Friedlander, "Growing Biodiverse Futures: Rewilding, Regenerating, Reimagining", in Counter Magazine, Issue 2, 2020. Australia Council for the Arts, "Artists and farmers coming together to envision a new future", Dec 2019 On Seed and Song: the Planting Event: Radio interview - Seed and Song with Charmaine Miller at My105FM News article - on Seed &amp; Song - by Michael Kane (Farmers for Climate Action) On Sunflower and Song: the Sunflower Harvest Event: News article - Daily Mercury - "Sun falls on the beacon to reveal sweet surprise" Documentation photography by Cherrie Hughes - Sunflower and Song On Old Ways New Ways: The Sugarcane Harvest: Media release for Old Ways New Ways: The Sugarcane Harvest Interviews about Old Ways New Ways with Charmaine Miller, my105 radio Mackay, and Tegan Philpott on ABC radio. "Cane, soil and water a good medium for art", by Kirili Lamb, in Rural Weekly, October 14, 2019. Old Ways New Ways - the video documentary by Tyler Kinbacher Old Ways New Ways in pictures, by Cherie Hughes