Watch JR’s poignant procession for Australia’s agricultural emergency

, is an intensely human commentary on the ecological decline of the Darling/Baaka river system in south-eastern Australia, 2020, a live procession in Menindee Lakes, New South Wales, Australia on Saturday 27 February 2021. is a multi-part work that draws attention to the ecological decline of the Darling/Baaka river system in south-eastern Australia.

Composed of three distinct parts involving documentary, portrait photography and installation, JR’s project is a poignant reminder of the local and global effects of human behaviour. The National Gallery of Victoria , in Melbourne, hopes that JR’s artwork will stimulate necessary debate in Australia, and emphasise the ecological priorities of the Darling/Baaka river system. ‘This is a real situation playing out around us, affecting real people in various communities including regional towns, farming families and Indigenous community members,’ says Ewan McEoin, senior curator of contemporary design and architecture at the NGV, who worked with JR on this project.

This is a project that has its roots halfway around the world in Italy, where JR, alongside Italian film director Alice Rohrwacher, felt compelled to address the destruction of the local agricultural landscape. The resulting film was, which depicted a farming community gathering on a plateau on the border of Umbria, Lazio and Tuscany, for the ‘funeral for traditional agriculture’.comprises aerial-view footage of a live procession in the dry bed of Lake Cawndilla, in Australia’s New South Wales.

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