Nature Obituary on Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne. A feature project at the 2025 National Sustainability Festival.
“Poignant live performance confronts biodiversity and climate crisis.”
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A site-specific, public performance work, Nature Obituary is an invitation to write and listen to obituaries for parts of Mother Earth now lost. The work delves into themes of eco spirituality and eco psychology and acts as a pathway to honour and grieve the loss of nature in a time of profound climate crisis.
Janenne Willis, lead artist, writer and performer. Tariro Mavondo and Felicity Mashuro, writers and performers. Jasmine Wigley, floral artist. Mandy Nicholson (Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung), Kirli Saunders (Gunai), Jack Mitchell (Noongar), Nicholas Nharrdhu Nharrdhu, Julie Kondi (PNG), Amanda Anastasi, Lionel Launch (Gunditjmara Kirrae Wurrung-Bundjalung), Willy Junior Fafoi (PNG) and Pearl Walters (Soloman Islands), writers. Uncle Ringo (Wurundjeri), Welcome to Country. Douglas Brook, production manager and stage manager. Supported by the Sustainable Living Foundation and Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Photography credits: Bri Horne (1-9) and Janenne Willis (10).