Welcome to Night Visions
Monuments
Craig Walsh (Australia)
Monuments is a night-time projection installation that transforms trees into monumental kinetic sculptures, evoking a haunting synergy between the human form, natural environment, and the act of viewing. Monuments aims to challenge traditional expectations of public monuments, and the selective history represented in our civic spaces.
Here at Night Visions, the work focuses on five first nation individuals who are tireless in their contribution to community. The portraits presented in the foliage not only recognise the work these people do, but acts to acknowledge the strong connection and influence the natural environment has on the human condition.
Jeremy Johncock
(Wirangu/Mirning)
Jeremy Johncock is a proud Wirangu and Mirning man originally from the far west coast of South Australia. As Co-Chair of Reconciliation SA, he is a passionate advocate for justice, equity, and healing. Jeremy harnesses the power of sport to inspire and create meaningful opportunities for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people — building pathways, breaking barriers, and driving change for generations to come.
Michael O’Brien
Kaurna
Dr Jenni Caruso
Arrente
Dr Jenni Caruso is an Eastern Arrernte woman and from the Stolen Generations. Appointed to the Central Region of the South Australia First Nations Voice to Parliament, Dr Caruso is also currently Chair of the South Australian Stolen Generations Aboriginal Corporation, is a member of the National Healing Foundation Aboriginal Reference Group and sits on the State Library/State Archives Aboriginal Reference Group. She is the recipient of the NAIDOC Lifetime Achievement Award, the Gladys Elphick Quiet Achiever Award, a member of the SA Women’s Honour Roll, finalist in the Premier’s NAIDOC Awards and was recently awarded the SA NAIDOC Female Elder of the Year. During her time at the University of Adelaide as a lecturer and educator Dr Caruso works from the belief that all Australians should have access to information and the sharing of knowledge on Aboriginal history in this nation.
Natasha Wanganeen
Ngarrindjeri/Narungga/Kaurna/Noongar
Natasha Wanganeen is a proud, award-winning Kaurna, Narrunga, Ngarrindjeri and Noongar actress and mother who has worked on some of Australia’s most critically acclaimed titles, including Rabbit Proof Fence, Cargo, Limbo and Though Shalt Not Steal. Natasha is also a prominent theatre actress, appearing in The State Opera SA's production of Cloudstreet and Shadow King. Natasha is a strong advocate for First Nations rights and is the organiser and MC of Survival Day marches and events in SA, and more.
Jack Buckskin
Kaurna/Narungga
Jack Buckskin is a proud Kaurna, Narrunga, and Wirangu man who has dedicated his life to the revitalisation and promotion of Aboriginal culture and language. As the most person fluent in the Kaurna language — a language once thought to be extinct — Jack has played a pivotal role in its resurgence. In 2008 he founded Kuma Kaaru, an organisation that aims to educate both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people about the local language and culture. Jack and his team work with various organisations to strengthen relationships between Aboriginal people and the wider community, empowering young people to relearn their language and culture, fostering pride in their history, and inspiring others to do the same.
About the Artist
Craig Walsh was born in Orange in 1966, and currently lives in Tweed Heads, Australia. He is primarily interested in hybrid and site-specific projects and the exploration of alternative contexts for contemporary art. He often utilises projection in response to existing environments, landscapes and sculptural elements.
His site-responsive works have animated natural environments and features such as trees, rivers and mountains, as well as public art projects in urban and architectural spaces. Craig’s work remains distinctive for its conceptual underpinnings and deftly woven narratives.
Craig’s work has been shown in a number of national and international exhibitions, including the Setouchi International Art Festival, Japan; the Gwangju Biennale, Jakarta Biennale XIII, Indonesia; 01SJ Biennale San Jose, California; WOMADelaide and Illuminate Adelaide, South Australia.
Composer: Elisha Umuhuri
Urban Echoes
Jayden Sutherland (Australia)
Urban Echoes is an exploration of communication in the natural world — and how those patterns are mirrored, interrupted, or transformed within the urban environment. The work considers how messages travel across living and built systems, shaped by their surroundings and the forces they encounter.
By reflecting these natural communications in the sky above through digital means, Urban Echoes invites you to notice the quiet parallels between ecosystems and cities, how a forest and a street corner might both carry meaning, memory, and exchange. It reveals the subtle rhythms and signals that connect us to the world around, even in unexpected places.
About the Artist
Jayden Sutherland is an Australian-based artist and designer regarded internationally for his work across concerts, theatre, live events, and immersive experiences. In his practice, Jayden navigates the space between creativity and technology, integrating the two to produce engaging, meaningful experiences.
Jayden aims to create work that is both challenging and impactful across various technological mediums. He is currently exploring themes around communication and how they manifest across different worlds. Alongside his artistic work, Jayden works extensively as a Lighting and Video Designer, Programmer, and Technical Director.
Fracture
Chris Petridis (Australia)
Walk through the prism of light. Feel time bend and break. See light reflect and refract.
The liminal space of Chris Petridis’ Fracture reforms space by harnessing nature, natural and unnatural sounds, digital lighting and mirrored surfaces. An interpretation of natural refraction, ice cracking and shredding.
About the Artist
Chris Petridis’ fascination with light and technology started at a young age. After honing his craft in the worlds of theatre and dance, he now applies his skills widely across indoor and outdoor installations, theatre, dance, and live concerts.
Chris harnesses interactive hardware, software programming, music sequencing, digital displays, kinematics, and other technology to convey emotion in his art. He views light as an extension of music, emotion and inspiration.
Canopy
Robin Fox (Australia)
Canopy is an immersive audio-visual journey that guides you through the layers of the rainforest in the legendary Bicentennial Conservatory.
From the forest floor to breaching the treetops, be swept along an elevated walkway through multitudes of laser beams and immersive cones of light all linked to a soundtrack pulsing with organic energy and deep electronic tones.
The installation explores the complexity of our relationship to the natural world and reveals what happens when the forest and technology intersect. Canopy invites you to feel a sense of wonder, shining a light on these seemingly opposite worlds, where we’ve been and where we may be heading.
About the Artist
Robin Fox is an internationally recognised Australian-based audio-visual artist and composer who’s work spans live performance, exhibitions, public art and composition for contemporary dance. His audio-visual laser works, which synchronise sound and visual electricity in hyper-amplified 3D space have been performed in over 60 cities worldwide. His critically acclaimed performance work TRIPTYCH premiered at Unsound Krakow late 2022 and has toured extensively since, with highlights including Berlin Atonal, Barbican (London), Ephemera (Warsaw) and the Lincoln Centre New York among many others. TRIPTYCH was awarded the Isao Tomita Special Prize for electronic music at Ars Electronica 2023.
First Light
Chris Petridis (Australia)
Do you remember your first sunrise?
Here, local artist Chris Petridis uses the natural environment, digital lighting, light beams, smoke and the human voice to evoke the experience of seeing a spectacular sunrise for the first time.
Drawing inspiration from Adelaide’s stunning sunrises and sunsets, First Light takes us from a dappled moonlit night, to dawn and the crescendo — a rich, saturated sunrise.
Think back to the times you’ve spent watching the sky. And the times to come.
Phantasma
Amelia Kosminsky (UK)
Pause, reflect, and reconnect with the world around you.
Phantasma is the visual transformation of public space into a super-saturated world. Seen from afar, the piece resembles a mesmerising prism of light. Once inside, everything in the world appears bathed in a single colour.
This experiential piece literally offers light at the end of the tunnel. Using colour psychology and visual perception, it tricks your eye and reshapes sensations and emotions. It explores the connections between vision and the other senses, creating an oasis where we can enjoy a moment of serenity, calm and hope.
About the Artist
Amelia Kosminsky (UK) is an international artist focusing on light sculpture, video art and photography. Her light sculpture artwork slows life down so we can focus on the beauty around us. Her practice is influenced by her own experience with hidden disabilities, including autism, epilepsy and mental health challenges. Having photosensitive epilepsy has resulted in a fascination with light.
Amelia’s recent video artwork includes Sparks of Nature shown on the Piccadilly Lights, Piccadilly Circus for Art of London, 2023, and Singing with The Devil for the San Diego Symphony Orchestra 2023. Her video artwork has previously accompanied the works of the London Symphony Orchestra, Grange Park Opera, The Philharmonia Orchestra and the Casals Quartet with Tamara Stevanovich at the Barbican. Her light sculpture work has been shown at Lumiere Durham, Christmas at Kew, the Mayor of London’s City Lights Festival, and Féte des Lumieres in Lyon.
Night Visions Composer & Sound Designer: Jethro Woodward (Australia)
Jethro Woodward is a Melbourne-based composer, musical director, arranger, musician and sound designer recognised for his expansive and highly layered film, theatre and dance scores. A multi Green Room Award winner and Helpmann nominee, he has worked with some of Australia’s leading major and independent companies including; Bell Shakesppeare, Malthouse Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company. Sydney Theatre Company, Belvoir, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Opera Victoria, Chamber Made Opera, Back to Back, Chunky Move, Lucy Guerin, Australian Dance Theatre, Aphids, Stuck Pigs Squealing, Rawcus, and more.
Night Visions Team
Creative Directors: Rachael Azzopardi & Lee Cumberlidge
Associate Creative Director: Chris Petridis
Featured Artists:Chris Petridis, Robin Fox, Craig Walsh, Amelia Kosminsky, Jayden Sutherland & Elisha Umuhuri
Composer & Sound Designer: Jethro Woodward
Cultural Consultant: Jack Buckskin
Producer: Daniel Vorrasi
Production Manager: Peter Kelly
Technical Director: Paul Lim