Giraru Galing Ganhagirri (The wind will bring rain)
2022
Medium
seven-channel video installation, sound
Measurements
16 min 40 sec
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the Family of Naomi Tippett AM, 2024
© Joel Bray
Gallery location
Gallery 1
Ground Level, NGV Australia
About this work
Giraru galing ganhagirri explores Joel Bray’s connection with his ancestral Wiradjuri Country. Throughout the video, Bray conveys the body as both porous and resilient, liminal and grounded. Covered with layered imagery of Country, Bray’s body seemingly merges with its surroundings. According to the artist, Giraru galing ganhagirri speaks to ‘the implacable force of Country, the meeting of the elements of air and water and of the assurance that, in nature, one thing follows another. Always have and always will. In these times, we find solace in the “ancientness” and endurance of Country. Whatever happens, the wind will always bring the rain.’
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Edition
ed. 1/5
Accession Number
2024.867
Department
First Nations Australia