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Lightning in the Middle

Bon Mott and lightning in the middle acknowledges First Nations people on the unceded land in this ancient land renamed australia by colonist Mathew Flinders and First Nations people on the unceded land from Turtle Island where they were born.

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Lightning in the Middle

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PHD

GSPF

LIM

Bon Mott and lightning in the middle acknowledges First Nations people on the unceded land in this ancient land renamed australia by colonist Mathew Flinders and First Nations people on the unceded land from Turtle Island where they were born.

Lightning in the Middle

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Interactive Web Experience

Lightning in the middle interactive webpage, a collaboration with Jake Parotta. The 3 interactive lightning bolts visualise Bon Mott’s 2022 research.

Press on the lightning bolts to interact ⚡️ and learn more about LIM projects.

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PhD Abstract

Doctor of Philosophy (Performance Art). Southbank Fine Arts and Music (VCA) University of Melbourne.

Dr Bon Mott utilised transdisciplinary process-driven art installation activated by performance to mobilise theory exposing its limitations through the lived experience of lightning, and neurodiverse and nonbinary identity. Learning from Indigenous Knowledge, quantum physics, and songwriter Bon Scott, the research examines how non-normative identity can contribute to positive social change.

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Gertrude Street Projection Festival

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Elevating the vibrant voices of non-normative creatives

Single-channel video. Duration: 2m49s for 2022. GSPF Cultural advice: from Boon Wurrung senior Elder Dr N’arwee’t Carolyn Briggs. AM and Murri filmmaker Simon Rose Birriah | Gurreng Gurreng.

Cinematography and script: Simon Rose Birriah | Gurreng Gurreng (The Great Aboriginal People).
Editing: Andrew Brinsmead
Animation: Qayyum Ariffin Razif
Artists and Curators: Karen Casey, kori/sean miles, Jess Gall, Jake Treacy, Bon Mott, Alexander Power, Simona Castricum
Radical Tenderness: Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Balitrónica Gómez

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Current Projects

2022 Art for Social Change. Incinerator Art Award "Lightning in the middle" - film portraits and discussions with N’arwee’t Professor Carolyn Briggs AM. PhD, Dr Simona Castricum and Jesse Gall learns from Indigenous Knowledge, quantum physics, and transfeminist philosophies to consider the beneficial impact of non-normative identity on contemporary society. "Lightning in the middle". Filmed at 2SP, Second Space Projects. Single channel video. A/P Script, sound and camera operation by Murri filmmaker Simon Rose. Birriah | Gurreng Gurreng (The Great Aboriginal People). Editing: Simon Rose and Bon Mott. Photographic stills Amanda Fordyce.

Details of this work at BonMott.com