29/07/2026
What can a river teach us when we trace the entangled relationships that constitute its intelligence—between water, sediment, species, and seasons? And how might sitting with that complexity open up ways of thinking, making and caring, that take seriously the more-than-human?
Join Indigenous water science researcher Bradley Moggridge and artist, curator and researcher Kirsten Wehner for a panel discussion on the provocations prompted by waterways, facilitated by Zoë Sadokierski, 𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 program academic lead and designer, writer, creative producer and educator.
The discussion will be followed by a collage session addressed to bodies of water.
A separate screening of the short documentary 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢 𝘍𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘒𝘪𝘭𝘭 (2024), co-produced by the National Museum of Australia, the Cad Factory and Otis Filley Studios, follows the session.
𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐊𝐢𝐧 with with Prof Bradley Moggridge, Dr Kirsten Wehner, facilitated by Associate Professor Zoë Sadokierski
Thursday 6 August, 12.30–2pm
UTS Gallery, CB06.04.358, (Building 6, Level 4, 702 Harris St, Ultimo)
𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐊𝐢𝐧 is the second in a series of free learning and making programs organised by Associate Professor Zoë Sadokierski, presented in parallel with the exhibition 𝘈 𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 by Spence Messih. RSVP via link in bio.
𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝐅𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐥 screening
2–2.40pm
The Rizzo, CB06.03.022 Collaborative Theatre (Building 6, Level 3, 702 Harris St, Ultimo)
A short documentary on collaborative responses to mass fish kills along the Barka/Darling River, where ecological crisis is approached through cultural and creative practice.
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