Nullarbor Fugue is the second work in my "Fugue" series that explores place and identity through field recordings and animated visuals. The recordings were taken in December 2017 while driving across Australia from the east to the west.
The Nullarbor is the world’s largest area of limestone rock that stretches between South Australia and Western Australia. While the Nullarbor Plain is technically considered to be between Ceduna, South Australia, and Norseman, Western Australia, my inspirations for the piece were taken as far east as Lochiel, South Australia (shown on the map above).
The goal of this piece was to capture the journey of this remote area of Australia through the sights and sounds that stood out as significant to me. It is intended to portray the journey across the Nullarbor in a compressed, poetic fashion whilst still being true to the seemingly boundless and barren landscape that pervades the region. It is vast and bleak atmosphere, and one that was a challenge to compress into a short, watchable format.
This piece was difficult for me as all of the animated visuals were made after the crossing and I was unable to go back to the location for further references. During the making of my previous work, Sydney Fugue, I was immersed in the location, while for this latest work I have had to rely on my own memories and audio recordings of my short exposure to this area.