Uncanny nature

The ‘Uncanny Nature’ artworks, seek to challenge people’s perceptions of nature. These artworks show landscapes in a way that is often overlooked in the Western tradition of art and encourage people to look at the natural world differently. For Randell the constructed hybrid landscapes and cinematic nature of her work challenges post-colonial attempts to create an Australian identity through Australian cinematic landscape myths. Her mediated landscapes attempt to capture the day through the multi-dimensional experience of her digitally manipulated photographs which are animated to atmospheric and human body noises. Denaro’s work focuses on the night-time experience of a forest. He uses reconstructions of forest elements in his stop motion animations to challenge audience’s perceptions of place by inserting the imaginary into the real. His constructions combine found forest floor objects with engineered ball and socket armatures to provoke a discussion around nature, humanity and technology.