Merri Randell

I work with Nature to create worlds full of beautiful, monstrosities that seduce, beguile and disturb. I am fascinated by myths which demonise ‘different’ and photograph marginalised native forests and swamps using a cubist lens. These images become non-binary, multi-perspective photographic compositions which are combined with sound, voice and motion to create immersive, embodied experiences. My art installations challenge colonial screen myths which cast the Australian landscape (Nature) as villain and crimescene to be ‘cleansed’ and ‘domesticated’. My cinematic cubist artworks reverse the colonial narrative through multi-sensory, decolonising art experiments, which suspend disbelief, create connection, incite awe and empower Nature.