In partnership with the National Museum of Australia and the Cad Factory we are pleased to present a special screening of the documentary More Than A Fish Kill followed by a panel discussion that will explore how cross-cultural and cross-sector collaboration can support water justice, cultural flows and living better with our rivers.
As part of it's annual flagship festival, the ANU School of Culture, History & Language — in partnership with the National Museum of Australia and the Cad Factory — is pleased to present a special screening of the documentary More Than A Fish Kill followed by a panel discussion that will explore how cross-cultural and cross-sector collaboration can support water justice, cultural flows and living better with our rivers.
Facilitated by Professor Simon Haberle from the ANU School of Culture, History & Language/ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures (CIEHF), the panel will feature:
- Dr Vic McEwan, Artistic Director of the Cad Factory
- Dr Kirsten Wehner, James O Fairfax Senior Fellow in Culture and Environment at the National Museum of Australia
- Ngunnawal custodian and ACT Government Indigenous water policy officer Bradley Bell.
More than a Fish Kill explores how artists, fishery managers and First Nations custodians came together in the aftermath of the devastating 2019 and 2023 mass fish death events along the Barka/Baaka (Darling River). Together, they turned these ecological disasters into catalysts for cultural connection and revival. The film tells the story of a remarkable collaboration that interweaves art, science and ancient knowledge to care for communities, honour our rivers and reshape how we live, now and into the future.
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Event Speakers
Dr Kirsten Wehner
Dr Kirsten Wehner is the James O. Fairfax Senior Fellow in Culture and Environment at the National Museum of Australia. Kirsten is a curator, artist and writer whose work centres on transforming people’s relationships with the more-than-human world. Her current projects focus on how creative practices can help us live better with waterways.
Dr Vic McEwan
Vic is a contemporary artist whose practice involves sound, photography, video, installation & performance. His work explores socially engaged & site-specific art, with a deep interest in the creation of cross-sector partnerships. Vic is the Artistic Director of Cad Factory, a Narrandera, NSW-based, artist-led arts organisation.
Bradley Bell
Bradley Bell is a Ngunawal traditional custodian and the ACT Government’s Ngunawal Nadyung Officer (Indigenous water policy officer).
Professor Simon Haberle
Simon is Professor of Palaeoeoclogy and Natural History at the School of Culture, History and Language. He is currently leading the Canberra Pollen Monitoring Program at ANU and is a CI on the ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures (CIEHF).