‘Repast II’ invites the viewer to reflect on the interconnectedness of memory and nature and reevaluate their understanding of place and belonging.

Eucalyptus trees are an invasive and problematic species in South Africa, yet they provoke a sense of longing for the artists as Australians and foreigners on this land.

In ‘Repast II’ music and imagery captured in the Ngeringa Winery in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia become the memory space of these gum trees on the grounds of Spier. They are interlopers born and grown on a land that is not their own – but also it is the only earth they have ever known.

By creating a space of connection with Eucalypts remembering a place they have never been, the viewer becomes a part of these living recollections; an intangible ecology of sights and sounds that exist in contrast with the deep realness of the physical landscape encompassing the installation.

Paul Castles (@prcastles) is an Australian-American composer living in Cape Town. His varied work, which ranges from the Public Theatre of New York to the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, reimagines how stories are told through live, experiential, and digital performance.

Creative director Nicole Brady (wldrco.com) is the founder of WLDR, which specialises in immersive media and multisensory experiences. As part of the creative team behind the Peabody Award-winning project, ‘We Are OFK’, she has helped shape groundbreaking interactive narratives.

The support team behind ‘Repast II’ includes:

• Creative technologist Wesley Swanepoel (www.wezside.co.za)
• Experience designer Jean-Jacques Rossouw (jeanjacques.co.za)
• Recording engineer Bob Scott (bobscott.com.au)
• Cinematographer Alexander Orlando Smith (@alexosm)
• Digital artist Piotr Stopniak (stopniak.com)
• Drone photogrammetry by Dean Lever (deanlever.com)
• Bass and contrabass recorder player Alicia Crossley (@alicia.recorders)
• Violinist Alexandra Osborne (@theaussieviolinist)
• Cellist Rachael Tobin