Haunting honoured the Murrumbidgee River and its communities of people and other living beings. It revealed how history – like the river – flows through the land and our lives.
Vic McEwan, the National Museum of Australia's 2015 artist-in-residence, created the large-scale still photography and video works in Haunting, in collaboration with curator George Main.
On cold winter nights, McEwan projected images of museum objects, old photographs and a time-worn map across the Murrumbidgee River, onto fog, mist and campfire smoke drifting over the dark water.
Haunting was on show at the National Museum from 23 February to 30 April 2023.
Haunting was a travelling exhibition developed by the Cad Factory and the National Museum of Australia. The Cad Factory was supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW, the Sidney Myer Fund, Nelson Meers Foundation and W & A Johnson Family Foundation. This exhibition was also assisted by the Australian Government’s Visions of Australia program.
Haunting was also on show at:
- Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, New South Wales, 16 July to 4 September 2022
- Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, Victoria, 3 October to 28 November 2021
- Tamworth Regional Gallery, New South Wales, 3 April to 16 May 2021
- Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Tasmania, 12 February to 21 March 2021
- Warrnambool Regional Art Gallery, Victoria, 12 to 15 November 2020
- Griffith Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales, 5 June to 2 August 2020
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