Tim Georgeson
Hidden Theatre

The Hidden Theatre Is an immersive work of sound and vision, first conceived

and created in residence at Bundanon Trust in 2021.This exhibition continues the

exploration with new adaptations filled with striking images of shadows and

light, resonates with spirits evoked from the natural world, revealing unseen

interactions of the elements of that country, together sound and image form a

meditation of the ancient knowledge and histories held within the earth, water

and skies in response to time spent in Wodi Wodi Country.

A collaborative project between celebrated Australian filmmaker, photographer and visual artist

Tim Georgeson and leading composer, performer and proud Kalkadunga

man, William Barton. It offers a personal account of the Bundanon land and

waterscapes through film, installation and sound.

Working together for the first time, Barton and Georgeson undertook an artistic

residency together at Bundanon composing, recording and experimenting in response to

Wodi Wodi Country. They continued this close collaboration offsite, weaving

together their responses through an ongoing exchange of material. Anchored

by Barton’s compositions, Georgesons films are edited in distinct acts, revealing

unseen interactions between sunlight, moonlight, fog and wind. Together, sound

and image form a meditation on the ancient knowledge and histories held

within the earth, water and skies of this place.

“The Hidden Theatre" takes us into the present, where the bush is alive with the ancient

indigenous spirits that have always lived there, as ancestors and allies”

- Tim Georgeson