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Lynette Wallworth
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| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | UNSW Art & Design |
| Occupation | Artist, filmmaker |
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Lynette Wallworth is an Australian artist and filmmaker. She is famous for using new technologies like virtual reality (VR). She also creates interactive art. Her work often explores how people connect with nature.
Wallworth has won two Emmy Awards. These awards were for her VR projects Collisions and Awavena.
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About Lynette Wallworth
Lynette Wallworth studied at the UNSW Art & Design university. She creates many types of art. These include 360-degree VR films and documentaries. She also makes digital videos for special domes and interactive video art.
Wallworth likes to experiment with the newest technology. She wants her art to make people feel connected. She hopes her work inspires wonder and understanding. Her art often needs people to interact with it.
Amazing Art Projects
In 2010, Lynette Wallworth created video art for a music piece. It was for the composer György Kurtág's Kafka Fragmente. She also made interactive videos for an opera. This was Henze's Elegy for Young Lovers.
CORAL (2012)
Wallworth's 2012 project CORAL Rekindling Venus is an immersive film. It plays inside a digital planetarium dome. The film shows beautiful underwater scenes of coral reefs. It highlights how these fragile ecosystems are threatened by global warming.
The film was first shown during the Transit of Venus in 2012. It was screened in 23 cities worldwide. It was also featured at the World Science Festival in New York. The film was part of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad in London. It also appeared at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.
A famous musician, Antony Hegarty, wrote a song for the film. Other artists like Max Richter and Ryuichi Sakamoto also contributed music. Wallworth also made interactive posters for CORAL. You could use a phone app to bring them to life.
Collisions (2016)
Collisions is a VR story from 2016. It tells the story of Nyarri Morgan. He is a Martu man from the Western Australian desert. His first experience with Western culture was in the 1950s. He saw the British nuclear testing at Maralinga. This project shows the impact of these tests on his community.
Collisions was the first VR work shown at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. It was also the first VR work shown at the Museum of Modern Art. The project was shown at many festivals around the world. These included Tribeca and the London Film Festival.
The film was also shown to a group of important people at the United Nations. This group was discussing the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Collisions won an Emmy Award in October 2017. It won for Outstanding New Approaches to Documentary.
Other Interactive Art
Wallworth's interactive video Hold: Vessel (2001) connects viewers with nature. People hold a glass bowl in a dark room. The bowls "catch" images of tiny sea creatures and stars. Hold: Vessel 2 (2007) continued this idea. It showed changes in fragile ocean environments. It also included footage from the 2004 Transit of Venus.
Evolution of Fearlessness (2006) is another interactive artwork. Wallworth filmed women from different countries. These women had survived war or violence. The artwork lets a visitor place their hand on the screen. Then, one of the women in the video places her hand on theirs. This creates a very personal connection.
Other Films and Videos
Wallworth created a video called Welcome in 2011. It greeted visitors at the Identity: Yours, Mine, Ours exhibition. This was at the Immigration Museum Victoria. The video showed different groups of people. Some welcomed visitors warmly, while others seemed unfriendly.
In 2012, the Martu people invited Wallworth to make a new video. This was for their exhibition We Don’t Need a Map. Wallworth traveled with them into the Western Desert. The video was called Still Walking Country.
Wallworth's documentary Tender (2014) follows a community group. They wanted to start their own funeral service. The film won several awards. The funeral service, Tender Funerals, is now helping people in Port Kembla.
VR and Mixed Reality Works
Her mixed reality project Awavena premiered in 2018. It was part of the Sundance Film Festival's New Frontier program. In September 2020, Awavena also won an Emmy Award. It won for Outstanding New Approaches to Documentary.
Exhibitions and Recognition
Lynette Wallworth's art has been shown all over the world. Her work has been seen at the World Economic Forum. It has also been shown at the Museum of Modern Art and the Smithsonian. Her art has been part of many film festivals. These include Sundance, BFI London Film Festival, and Sydney Film Festival.
In April 2009, Wallworth had a large solo show in Australia. It was at the Samstag Museum of Art.
Advocacy and Interests
After the terrible 2019-2020 Australian bushfire season, Wallworth spoke out. She became a strong supporter of action on climate change. In January 2020, she spoke at the World Economic Forum. She told the world about the fires. She said new leaders were needed, especially young people, women, and Indigenous leaders.
As of 2017, Lynette Wallworth lives in Sydney.
Awards and Honours
Lynette Wallworth has received many awards and honours for her work.
Fellowships and Residencies
- She received an International Fellowship from the Arts Council of England.
- She also received a New Media Arts Fellowship from the Australia Council for the Arts.
- She was given the Joan and Kim Williams Documentary Fellowship.
- In 2010, she was the first person to receive the AFTRS Creative Fellowship.
- In 2016, Foreign Policy magazine named her one of the "100 Leading Global Thinkers". This was for her work showing the power of nuclear weapons.
- In 2020, she became an Artist-in-residence at the Australian Human Rights Institute at UNSW. She explored how VR could help people who are dying.
- In 2022, she was a Cybernetic Imagination Resident at the Australia National University School of Cybernetics.
Awards
- 2012: Won the DomeFest Awards, Art category, for CORAL.
- 2014: Won an AACTA award for best televised documentary, for Tender.
- 2014: Won the Grand Jury Prize at the International Documentary Film Festival of Oceania (FIFO), for Tender.
- 2014: Nominated for the Grierson Award, for Tender.
- 2014: Nominated for the Margaret Mead Filmmaker Award, for Tender.
- 2016: Won the Byron Kennedy Award for Innovation and Excellence from AACTA.
- 2016: Won the first Sydney UNESCO City of Film Award.
- 2017: Won the Outstanding New Approaches to Documentary Award at the News & Documentary Emmy Awards, for Collisions.
- 2020: Won the World Economic Forum's Crystal Award for her leadership in creating inclusive stories.
- 2020: Won the UNSW Alumni Award for Art & Culture.
- 2020: Won the Outstanding New Approaches to Documentary Award at the News & Documentary Emmy Awards, for Awavena.
