‘Deeptime coastline’ was a public programming series involving walking events and discussions held at important sites across the Illawarra coastal region on Dharawal land.

These interdisciplinary walks and symposium bring together a range of specialists and knowledge holders to explore the ecologies, temporalities, and narratives surrounding the Illawarra escarpment and coastline on Dharawal Land. Curated and produced by Bianca Hester and Bronwyn Bailey-Charteris in collaboration with Matt Poll, the program aims to address the multiple ways that this complex landscape can be better understood and cared for in the context of a rapidly changing climate.

Deeptime Coastline program was staged at the Clifton School of Arts in relation to the new body of expanded sculptural work. The final day was a symposium with around the stratigraphic offerings and multiple ecologies, temporalities and narratives surrounding the Illawarra escarpment and coastline on Dharawal land. It aims to address the multiple ways that this complex landscape can be better understood and cared for in the context of a rapidly changing climate.

With speakers and special guests Uncle Peter Button, Tyson Frigo, Peter Hewitt, Tara Djokic, Brian Jones and Nicole Smede. Curated and produced by Bianca Hester and Bronwyn Bailey-Charteris in collaboration with Matt Poll.

The program expands upon the exhibition ‘Bianca Hester: Lithic Bodies’ held at UNSW Galleries (27 September – 24 November 2024) and Clifton School of Arts (12–27 October 2024).