Homecoming at Narryna

Narryna is excited to announce the opening of a new exhibition - Homecoming.

Homecoming is a mixed-media installation produced by the art and technology collective, Soma Lumia, in collaboration with artist, Samantha Dennis. The installation contemplates the sentimental landscape aesthetics of English 'homeliness' and the Australian 'otherness'. The title 'Homecoming' questions what it is that creates a sense of home, a sense of return in a place that is otherwise unfamiliar, and considers how the action of coming home, or homemaking, manifests. The artwork draws on the concept of Acclimatisation Societies, where community groups of European colonists, developing from the 1860's, aimed to introduce non-native species (both animals and plants) to (what they perceived as) unfamiliar environments, with the aim of transforming it into a more homely and hospitable place.

Homecoming will be on display from February 1st to May 1st, 2024.