Photo installation explores gatherings

19 May 2022

Photographer Alana Holmberg at Parliament Steps with the large-scale installation that features her photographs from regional Victoria.
Photographer Alana Holmberg at Parliament Steps with the large-scale installation that features her photographs from regional Victoria.

The landscapes and meeting places of regional Victoria have been brought to Parliament through a major photography festival.

A large-scale installation on the steps of Parliament House featured the work of four Victorian photographers from Oculi Collective: Alana Holmberg, Abigail Varney, Rachel Mounsey and James Bugg.

It was part of the month-long PHOTO 2022 international festival of photography on show in Melbourne and regional Victoria.

Focused on the theme of meetings places, the Oculi installation explored the places, reasons and ways in which people living in regional Victoria gather.

Alana Holmberg discusses the inspiration for her work at PHOTO 2022.
James Bugg talks about the nostalgic elements of his work at PHOTO 2022.
Abigail Varney discusses the use of archival imagery in her work at PHOTO 2022.
Rachel Mounsey discusses her interpretation of meeting places for PHOTO 2022.

UPDATE - November 2022

PHOTO 2022, which the photographic installation on Parliament Steps was part of, has won the Arts and Events Award at the 2022 Melbourne Awards, the City of Melbourne's highest accolade.