Save the date!
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Our next project is coming soon!  
          On the 18th of February 2023
                                     at 12 noon and also at 3pm

Climate Distraction is part of LIVE ACTIONS a month long series of events for the Burrinja Climate Change Biennale - THE HEAT IS ON

For more info on the Biennale:
exhibitions.burrinja.org.au


Participants from the Yarra Ranges and beyond are invited to experience and participate in a sensory journey. In this layered encounter with Mount Corhanwarrabul the invitation is to connect with the atmospheres and climate as experienced in the moment. EPA will guide participants in activities and tasks that sensitise the senses and provoke responses that are embodied, cognitive and psychological. 
We (westerners) need a catastrophic shift in our thinking, our way of being in the world. Not catastrophic in a negative sense - we need silence, we need stillness, we need to listen. It is our constant doing that drives the problems we face, so does doing more really help?  EPA will slowly draw participants into an alternate reality of stillness, silence, stopping and listening. Before we can figure out what action needs to be taken, we need to stop.
These experiences of stillness will be punctuated with performances by the EPA which playfully point to aspects of place. Participants will engage with the environment where the effects of the current climate emergency may be sensed visually, auditorily, olfactorily, and tactilely.
This walking performance will start at the carpark on Osprey track and move along the Kyeema trail to Bourke’s Lookout. The whole experience will conclude in the parkland underneath the transmission towers for games, refreshments, and a final discussion. 
Audience Instructions
Climate Distraction is out of doors and in the weather so please bring:

  •   Water and snacks
  •   Sun protection – hat, sunscreen etc
  •   Rain and cold protection – raincoat etc
  •   Appropriate clothes and shoes to walk, move and sit on the ground
Meeting Point
Osprey Track, Kalorama.
Toilets
Nearest toilets are at Kalorama Park (8 Yosemite Rd, Kalorama 3766) which is a 4 min drive away from the start point (too far to walk) so please take that into consideration.
Parking
There is a small car park at the meeting point for the start of the event. You may have to park down the road and walk about 10 mins. Please take this into consideration so you can arrive on time.
Osprey Track, Kalorama. Also known as Burke’s Lookout Carpark - 106 Ridge Rd, Mount Dandenong VIC 3767
Extra parking along parts of Ridge Road and Observatory Road (please be careful if crossing fast and busy Ridge Road)
Ticketing
Information coming soon!
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Climate Distraction is part of LIVE ACTIONS a month long series of actions for the Burrinja Climate Change Biennale - THE HEAT IS ON
exhibitions.burrinja.org.au

supported by:
"We acknowledge that we live, work and create on the lands and waters of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people. We recognise that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people are the Traditional Custodians of the lands and their continuing connection to the land and waters surrounding us. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
 We acknowledge that generations of First Nations people have danced, performed and told story here for over sixty thousand years and these rich customs and traditions continue in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island culture today."