Mirror: New Views on Photography

MIRROR: New Views on Photography’ at State Library Victoria brings together 141 photographs from 1950 to today, drawn from the Library’s collection to explore the theme of ‘mirror’.

Eighteen Victorian writers and artists, including Alice Skye, Leah Jing McIntosh, Jason Tamiru, the Pasifika Storytellers Collective, Prithvi Varatharajan, Superfluity, and Walter Kadiki, created new texts in response, spanning lyrics, essays, poems, songs, and spoken word.

We developed these written responses into immersive video works across three large-scale projections, complete with surround sound and Auslan-translated performances, transforming the writers’ words into an integrated, cinematic experience within the exhibition.

This exhibition was proudly awarded ‘Highly Commended’ in the ‘Large Project of the Year’ category at the AMAGA Victoria Awards.