Parallel Wilds was a short residency program designed by Northeast Victorian artist Craig Dent.
The program engaged students in years 4-5 from Carragarmungee and Milawa primary schools across Term Two, 2023.
Parallel Wilds aimed to connect students to their local natural landscape, with a focus on biodiversity, using a creative approach combining creative writing, 3D digital photography and sound composition.
This program sort to address themes of respecting local Indigenous history and caring for our environment, while encouraging students to express identity in the natural world. Students explored a chosen local natural landscape and learned about the environment through a biodiversity lens with educational workshops, and through a creative approach learning skills in 360 digital photography and creative writing.
Students responded to the biodiversity of the natural environment through creative writing workshops and collaborated to create a virtual story which is housed on an interactive platform for others to experience. Parallel Wilds provided youth a forum for their visions of themselves as protagonists in the natural world, bringing them closer to their natural environment through creative learning experiences.
For further information on Parallel Wilds, contact:
Pippin Remi (she/her)
Senior Manager, Creative Learning
Regional Arts Victoria
E: [email protected]
M: 0427 211 123
Hours: Mon-Fri
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