A monumental, immersive media artwork about bushfire
Flashover reimagines a devastating moment of terror and beauty from the Black Summer fires. Pieced together from the memories of volunteer firefighters, Flashover contemplates the cycle of bushfires fuelled by the climate emergency and our collective inability to break society’s disastrous habitual loops. It evokes fires past, present, and the inferno to come if we refuse to act.
Flashover invites you to look beyond the human viewpoint to encounter bushfires from the perspectives of flora, fauna, and the fire itself by exploring a labyrinth of minuscule and monumental screens. Created by leading artist-researchers from the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, distinguished guest artists, and volunteer firefighters, Flashover combines cutting-edge photography, animation, and immersive sound techniques to contemplate bushfires at a stunning level of intimate beauty and awe.
Concept, Writer, Lead Artist & Director
CJ Taylor & Robert Walton
Lead Animator & Director
Phillip Wilkinson
Producer
StudioBento
Sound and Music Design
Madeleine Flynn and Tim Humphrey
Environment Design
Kris Bird
Creature Animation
Gina Moore
Fire Animator
ThingFX
Screen Lead
Sam McGilp
Volunteer Firefighters
Catherine Bourne, Jack Carrington, Sara Poynton, Joey Slootman