The Land as Witness traces the evolving relationship between people and the environments they inhabit. Moving from untouched wilderness through cultivated landscapes to sites of industrial transformation, the exhibition reflects on how human ambition and necessity have reshaped the natural world. Through photography, sculpture and mixed media, the artists explore how the land absorbs and records the traces of human presence — bearing memory, resilience and loss in equal measure.
Together, these works invite us to consider the landscape not as a passive setting, but as an active participant in our shared story, one that remembers, responds, and continues to shape the contours of our collective future.
Image: Charles Blackman, The Red Earth. Oil on paper on board. 48.0 x 73.5 cm. Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection, gift of M & A Kocis, architects, 2025.
Latrobe Regional Gallery
138 Commercial Road
Morwell VIC 3840
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The Public Galleries Association of Victoria (PGAV) acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners of the lands where our office is located, and all Traditional Owners of country throughout Victoria and Australia. We recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples enduring traditions and continuing creative cultures. We pay our respect to Elders past, present and emerging.
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