« While Boolagoorda is the title of this exhibition, it is first and foremost a remarkable coastal site of ancestral land custodianship spanning more than thirty thousand years. It is also home to the marine bacterial fossils known as stromatolites, which the Malgana consider to carry the spirits of their ancestors. These natural formations are more than 3.5 billion years old, and are a rich source of scientific information concerning the origin of complex life on Earth and also—perhaps—elsewhere in the universe. They grow patiently a few millimeters a year, their dark sculptural forms emerging through the surface of the clear water. The exhibition’s fictional film has its roots in the particularities of this landscape, the terrain around the westernmost point of Australia, and in the childhood memories of the artist.
Upon first impression, one might be struck by the airiness of the exhibition space, which could invite visitors to move freely between artworks whose detailed surfaces entice and prompt a closer look. The space’s screens are flanked by inviting soft surfaces, and one might sit down, or choose to pass from one luminous atmosphere to another. » [...] — Xavier Jullien｜↗ read the full text