Future/Gondwana/Lutruwita

In Australia, early European colonists mistook managed agricultural land for uninhabited wilderness. Contemporary colonial Australia is equally confused by the vegetation that covers the hills and valleys around their settlements. Future/Gondwana/Lutruwita looks closely at the botanical layers of the Tasmanian landscape and how they can track cultural, historical and economic events for hundreds of years. A critical reading of land use in the context of climate change, ecological refugees and ongoing human alterations. The botanical surface of a place defines the distinctions we make between urban, wilderness and agricultural zones. This is particularly salient as climate change forces species further south, shifting existing energy and water systems. These images are endemically Tasmanian, but as the world changes, they could be anywhere.