Tim Georgeson, in collaboration with Elder, Uncle Nigel Luritja, 'Never Die'
120 x 80 x 5 cm
Archival Pigment Ink Print
Edition 1/8 +1AP 
$3500
 
This portrait was created in collaboration with Uncle Nigel, a proud Karrinyara elder, in the Tanami Desert, where the land holds memory of fire. Guided by Uncle Nigel, I walked through scorched country and regenerating flora, listening as he spoke of the rhythms of wind, smoke, ants, and returning life. His words, ‘Fire is a regenerator of life; without fire, we wouldn’t survive’, ground the work in his knowledge and lived experience. My role was to witness, respond, and frame the moment, honouring the depth of cultural knowledge held in land, fire, and language. 
 
 
Tim Georgeson is a multidisciplinary visual artist working in the mediums of film, photography, 
installation and sound with a strong focus on environment / climate justice / culture and 
Knowledge. He creates immersive cinematic spaces where environments and bodies are transformed through the gaze of unexpected visual-musical ecologies. 
 
His creative insight into the human condition gives his work a unique identity at the boundaries of art and documentary, where his film and photography capture complex dynamics in contemporary life and merge these moments with musical design and storytelling. 
 
A self-titled ‘settler artist’, he is known for his ground-breaking collaborations, most notably with Australian Indigenous artists. In 2023 Georgeson travelled deep into the Tanami Desert with a group of Karrinyarra elders to create an extraordinary multi cinematic artwork, commissioned by Glen Isegar-Pilkington, curator at the Fremantle Arts Centre and the Indigenous Desert Alliance. This was presented as part of the Polarity Fire and Ice exhibition at the 2024 Perth Festival.  
 
Georgeson first collaborated with William Barton in 2022 on The Hidden Theatre, a major 3 channel film and sound installation commissioned by Sophie O'Brien and Rachel Kent for the Bundanon Art Trust Art Museum. His partnership with Barton has continued on multiple works most recently URRITJARA an installation responding to Barton and Veronique Serret’s composition Kalkarni and featuring performer Derik Lynch. Urritjarra has been presented in multiple locations around Australia including Tweed Regional Gallery and Passage Gallery, Sydney. 
Georgeson has won World Press Photo, Leica Camera, Cannes, Global Oceanic, Ciclope and National Geographic awards. He has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in France, UK, Japan, Holland, Canada, the US, and Australia. His work is held in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery of Australia, Bundanon Trust Art Museum, Art Bank, The Australian Museum, corporate and regional gallery collections around Australia and private collections internationally. 
 
Georgeson has received recognition through awards including World Press Photo, Leica Camera, Cannes, Global Oceanic, Ciclope, and National Geographic. His work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in France, the UK, Japan, the Netherlands, Canada, the US, and Australia, and is held in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery of Australia, Bundanon Trust, the Australian Museum, numerous regional galleries, and private collections internationally.