Annee Miron and Forest Keegel make up the Overlapping Collective.
Photo by
Lua Ikenasio
The first of many Ripple Fest events was held over the weekend in the lead-up to the festival next month.
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Artists Annee Miron and Forest Keegel from the Overlapping Collective welcomed guests on a walk around the Echuca Aquatic Reserve and down to the river.
Back at the Pump House, the guests got creative, making River Red Gum leaf prints and creating a postcard addressed to the Dungala River.
Guests were able to make postcards addressed to the river.
Photo by
Lua Ikenasio
Ms Keegel said the program aimed to highlight the communities' connection to the river.
“As Overlapping Collective, Annee and I've decided we wanted to do some work on rivers,” she said.
“The idea is you come in, have a bit of a chat together, sit around the table... It’s a connection thing and about creating hope for the river.”
Ms Keegel’s art has a strong environmental focus and is interested in the landscape of Victoria before colonisation and the gold rush.
She often uses native Indigenous plants and waste paper to create public sculptures.
An important aspect of her work is connecting people with Country and creating actions that communities can do as acts of reparation and caring for Country, such as planting endemic plants in the Linton Living Sculptures project.
Annee Miron, Forest Keegel and Ripple Fest event coordinator, Greg Pritchard.
Photo by
Lua Ikenasio
Ms Miron’s art also has an environmental focus but with a different approach.
She uses weaving and knotting techniques with found materials to create installations, participatory artworks and performance objects.
The postcards are now on display at the Pump House, formerly known as the Echuca Visitor Information Centre.
When Ripple Fest is over, guests who took part in the program will receive their postcards back by mail as a souvenir.
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