Koobor Artwork

Australia had some pretty apocalyptic fires here in Australia that started in August 2019 and burned through until May 2020. The fires burned out about 186,000km2 of land and killed or displaced an estimated 3 billion terrestrial vertebrates alone. Most prominently, you might have heard the news that one of Australia’s most iconic animals, the Koala, is currently projected to become extinct in the wild in the coming decades. All of this became a pretty powerful driver to take the series in a different direction. In December 2019 and January 2020, I travelled to East Gippsland, Australia in the wake of the devastating fires there, shooting landscapes and images of burnt out flora. This piece is an expression of my response to the fires and our apathy to changes occurring in the world around us. The title is a reference to an Indigenous Australian dreaming story of the first Koala. *Please note that the smaller edition of this work has sold out*