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Gallery “Boorna Waanginy” Opens This Weekend

The event will run from October 4-9 and include three key elements - Song Circle, Fire Gardens and Boorna Waanginy: The Trees Speak, and will be delivered by the Perth Festival Special Projects team. Some of you may remember Boorna Waanginy: The Trees Speak, which attracted over 300,000 attendees after opening Perth Festival in 2017 and 2019.


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The concept for Boorna Waanginy began in early 2015 after Nigel Jamieson (Boorna Waanginy Director) and Wendy Martin (Perth Festival Artistic Director 2016 - 2019) went on a walk around Kings Park guided by Dr Richard Walley, Walley highlighting the Six Seasons and the Noongar relationship with plant species in the park.


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Perth Festival offers a sneak preview of four shows for next year's event, including an acclaimed version of The Magic Flute and a re-run of the Kings Park hit Boorna Waanginy: The Trees Speak.


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Boorna Waanginy, otherwise known as [i]The Trees Speak [/i], attracted more than 110,000 people over these three magical nights for the opening of the 2017 Perth International Arts Festival (PIAF). This event was a FREE audio-visual feast of Nyoongar culture and Western Australia's biodiversity.


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"Boorna Waanginy is about nature speaking to us, from a long process of evolution," says Walley, who worked with teams of video and acoustic designers and director Nigel Jamieson on Boorna Waanginy's first iteration for the 2017 Perth Festival and this EverNow revival. He is unapologetic about the more urgent tone injected into the latest.


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EverNow is a three-pronged event headlined by the "reimagining" of Boorna Waanginy: The Trees Speak, which drew 300,000 people to Kings Park during Perth Festival in 2017 and 2019. Premium Subscribers with digital access can view this article.


The Perth Festival illuminating the past and the future The Australian

6 - 9 October Fraser Avenue Precinct A free, totally unmissable event for everyone from the EverNow Festival. The awe-inspiring Boorna Waanginy: The Trees Speak returns to light up Kings Park with even more spectacular 3D projections telling stories of WA's beautiful South-West and the culture that has nurtured this cherished land for millennia.


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In the open-air spectacular Boorna Waanginy, scientists, botanists and school children came together with Noongar elders to deliver a powerful message Six Seasons: a 700m tunnel of light, sound.


Perth Festival opening of Boorna Waanginy The Trees Speak puts student talent on display ABC News

The awe-inspiring Boorna Waanginy: The Trees Speak returns to light up Kings Park with even more spectacular 3D projections telling stories of WA's beautiful South-West and the culture that has nurtured this cherished land for millennia. More than 300,000 visitors experienced this home-grown hit of Perth Festival 2017 and 2019 in late summer.


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Boorna Waaginy had such an impact it has been brought back as part of the week-long festival EverNow, which is part of the state government's major events programme whose aim is to draw visitors to the state (next up: Coldplay !) Boorna Waanginy co-creators Nigel Jamieson (left) and Richard Walley (right) in Kings Park. Colin Murty


Perth Festival opening of Boorna Waanginy The Trees Speak puts student talent on display ABC News

The next day, we were brought to the iconic Kings Park and Botanic Garden — one of the must-visit places in Perth. Here, the Boorna Waanginy: The Trees Speak took place — a multi-sensorial display of sound and light amid the trees and landscape of the park. It was as though the park was made for the theatrics of this installation.


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Boorna Waanginy is a magical and dramatic experience that will make locals and visitors to Perth fall in love with Kings Park and our unique place in the world all over again. Other free special presentations over the EverNow weekend are Song Circle and Fire Gardens. WHAT: Boorna Waanginy: The Trees Speak WHERE: Kings Park


Boorna Waanginy The Trees Speak Perth Festival 2019 YouTube

Thanks to Perth Festival and the Botanic Gardens & Parks Authority, the spectacular Boorna Waanginy returns to transform Kings Park into a nocturnal wonderland once again each night from this Friday the 8 th of February to Monday the 11 th of February. In this epic work Noongar culture, science, cutting-edge technology and breathtaking artistry.


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The Boorna Waanginy repeat was a pragmatic decision by festival artistic director Wendy Martin in her final year. She wanted to stage a new outdoor extravaganza with Jamieson for each of her four festivals. Artistic director Wendy Martin is presenting her fourth and final Perth Festival in 2019. ( Supplied: Perth Festival)


Perth Festival opening of Boorna Waanginy The Trees Speak puts student talent on display ABC News

The Perth Festival light and sound sensation returns for a third run this week as part of EverNow, a festival celebrating country, culture and connection. Get access to our best features. Get Started. Enable Notifications Browser Extension Show Grayscale Images. Saturday, December 2, 2023 Set Location. US Edition. Home.


Boorna Waanginy Perth Festival 2019 YouTube

The awe-inspiring Boorna Waanginy: The Trees Speak returns to light up Kings Park with even more spectacular 3D projections telling stories of WA's beautiful South-West and the culture that has nurtured this cherished land for millennia. More than 300,000 visitors experienced this home-grown hit of Perth Festival 2017 and 2019 in late summer.