“Meditation on Country” by Angie Abdilla

Exhibiting Artist(s):

• Angie Abdilla -
  • Australian National University

Composer, Director, Choreographer:

• James Brown

Meditation on Country brings together Indigenous knowledges and Western astrophysics through charting Creation time and evolutionary events. The talk will share the cultural and creative development process for the immersive experience generated through this artwork. Using scientific and cultural datasets with an array of early Machine Learning models to LLM models and trained through cultural programming protocols, this work uses foundational insights from the Indigenous Protocols for Artificial Intelligence (IP//AI) research developed over the past six years. We will explore how the artwork’s space and earth data visualisations and sonification interrogate technology as a cultural practice and the role of resonance, language, and story within the context of evolution and Creation.

Featuring: Uncle Ghillar Michael Anderson, Aunty Bronwyn Penrith, Eric Avery, Emma Donovan and Kirli Saunders.
Composition and Sound Design: James Brown
Programming: Kieran Browne
Astrophysics Consultants: Distinguished Professor Brian Schmidt AC FRS FAA FTSE, Professor Ghillar Michael Anderson Euahlayi, and Karlie Noon Gamilaraay (PhD).

Made possible by the Australian National University, School of Cybernetics Residency Program.