Counter Regime

The Counter Regime challenges bureaucratic structures in Morton and Budawang National Parks on Yuin Country by fostering deformalized knowledge spaces through "Landscape Literacy." It transforms modern scientific paradigms using rhetoric persuation and place-based stories to recover truths embedded in Country, shifting public opinion through education. The framework includes spatial reparation via decolonized expansion of existing "white" structures to reconnect fragmented songlines and create knowledge spaces for "Landscape Literacy". This restructured approach counters power dynamics, aiming to restore sovereignty to Yuin Country’s traditional custodians through democratic frameworks and public engagement, providing a platform for truth-telling, cultural restoration, and reparation of Country.

The Counter-Regime employs hybrid technologies and non-extractive apparatuses to create ephemeral reparation spaces, enabling quick site setups, expanding knowledge, and reconnecting fragmented songlines through a blend of Western and Indigenous methodologies.

The renders depict non-human perspectives observing the transmission grid and integrated apparatus across seasons, revealing the Counter-Regime impacts Country. This shows a non human watching from hidden scrub for safety.

White smoke signals the cultural burn season. Sprinklers activate as a precaution. Clearing of dry grasslands to regenerate fresh growth, providing essential feed for marsupials in the next season.

As dusk falls, Country connects to Sky Country and beyond. Subtle lights from transmission grids leave the connection undisturbed as we graze and observe human activities within the open fields.

Archival Bias - Prioritised tangible documents for Historical "Accuracy"