In 2018, I participated in an ambitious durational performance event—Mountain to Mouth — an 80-kilometre artwalk journeying from the granite peaks of the You Yangs southwest of Melbourne to the mouth of the Barwon River. Over several days, a group of artists, including myself, walked this ancient land, responding to its shifting environments through movement, sound, and performance. The event included over 2000 participants, connecting with Country, communities, and creating a modern-day songline.

Throughout the journey, I conducted Soundwalks, inviting participants to attune their listening to the subtle and dynamic soundscape of each landscape we traversed—birdsong, wind through grasses, the crunch of footsteps, distant industrial hums. The act of walking became both ritual and performance: a moving meditation on place, presence, and ecological listening.

Along the way, I collaborated in site-responsive performances with members of the EPA – Environment Performance Authority, an interdisciplinary collective dedicated to exploring the relationship between environment, body, and sound. Together, we created spontaneous, ephemeral works that reflected the immediate textures and resonances of the land—blurring the boundaries between art, nature, and embodied experience.