Why Are You Doing This? (2020)
Why Are You Doing This? is a film and sound work that explores the interrelations between nature, my state of mind, and the way the interactions between the two inform my world view and experience of the world while walking through it. The video ponders the many questions I ask myself as I walk through natural spaces – interrogating the way I feel as I’m walking, along with the sonic and physical impact I produce as I move. Incorporating video documents of such walks and an overlayed monologue, Why Are You Doing This? is a starting point from which audience members might consider their own impact on the world around them, and the way we as humans inhabit such worlds.
Subsequent Presentations
Why Are You Doing This? has been presented in various exhibitions. This video documents the work being presented as part of 2023’s ‘Reels on Wheels’ program within Rosanna Parklands, on Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country, projected on to a makeshift screen within bushland during the early evening.