During September I completed a 10 day TWIG residency in north western Victoria. The idea behind the residency is to pair artists with local farmers that culminates in an art event (the TWIG) on the host farmers property. Spending time with the host farmers gave me a real insight into contemporary farming and working with the land. I explored the local landscape, took lots of photos, worked on some paintings and produced a few video works that were projected at the TWIG event.It was a great opportunity not only to be a part of an interesting project that links art with agriculture, but also to take a closer look at a part of the Australian landscape i'd only ever driven through briefly.
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Big thank you to the Chalmers family, Ian Tully and Loraine Little.
Regional Training & Engagement projects of the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of VCA & MCM are funded by the State Government through Arts Victoria and delivered in partnership with Regional Arts Victoria.
This is the work of Fred Fowler and was created as part of the TWIG Residency project 2014, a Regional Training and Engagement Project of the Faculty of VCA & MCM in conjunction with ACRE [Australia's Creative Rural Economy] and the Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, funded by the State Government of Victoria. Photographs by Greg Cruikshank and the artist.