Unboxed: Beyond Borders
Australian Artists
Image: Pok Rie CC0
Australian artists
The Australian artists are all members of the Orana Arts Studio Co!Lab network. This network of more than 90 artists of various artforms are spread across Regional New South Wales, southeastern Australia, which covers all areas of the State except for the Greater Sydney area and the Australian Capital Territory (Canberra).
Lusi AUSTIN (Cowra), music
Val Clark (Dubbo), book (fiction)
Erifili Davis (Dubbo), films
Michael Davis (Dubbo) and Scott Feringa (Dubbo), music and drawing
Isabelle Devos (Armidale), archival photographic prints and poetry
Amanda Donohue (Lake Macquarie), textile artwork
Kim V. Goldsmith (Dubbo), soundscape composition and film
Vicki Luke (Albury), handmade art book
Catherine Moffat (Lake Munmorah), micro fiction cards
Sarah Randall (Orange), painting series
Allison Reynolds (Coonabarabran), print
Camilla Ward (Dubbo), poetry
Visual artworks
Sarah Randall, Untitled series (passports), 2024, oil on board, shown collectively and individually—open passport paintings 20 x 25.4cm, passport covers 17.8 x 12.2cm
Vicki Luke, The Black Faced Shag, 2014, mixed media, 22 x 30 x 43cm
Isabelle Devos, Untethered, 2025, archival print with photographs and poem, A3 x 5 prints. Read the poem, Untethered, below.
Scott Feringa, Shiny Shoes and Medals, 2024, pencil and charcoal drawing on paper (unframed), A3. See MIck Davis’ song, Shiny Shoes and Medals.
Allison Reynolds, Constellation PFAS, 2025, monoprint on paper, 30 x 44cm
Amanda Donohue, A journey from Birmingham, 2024, found objects, mixed media, thread, approx. 1.5m square
Text works
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Echoes of a Memory - A Transformation, 2024, poem
CAMILLA WARD
Echoes of Memory – A Transformation explores the theme of going beyond borders, as poetry transcends cultures, communities, and political landscapes.
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Found, book published 2023
VAL CLARK
Found, a Young Adult Fantasy novel, follows fifteen-year-old Shannon as she crosses a time and space border on her return to earth from the world of N’arth. Picking up life as it was before she left is impossible.
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Born without skin, 2025 and earlier, 10 micro fiction cards
CATHERINE MOFFAT
Borders present in a myriad of ways including physical, emotional, historical, societal or imaginary. Gatekeepers are as varied as the ways we move, or fail to move, beyond barriers. Here are people approaching, at the point of, or crossing/transcending borders.
SEE SAMPLES BELOW
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Untethered, 2025, poem
ISABELLE DEVOS
Untethered came from my experience of the border lockdowns, when Australia felt like a soft-walled prison I was unable to leave, and the feeling of the interconnection between pandemic, power, separation, birthing and letting go of any form of control.
Sound and film works
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MUSIC: My Way Beyond Borders, 2025
LUSI AUSTIN
This song is about living beyond borders of time, space, land and sea. This journey has informed much of my life. And, I’m grateful.
LISTEN VIA PLAYER BELOW
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MUSIC: Shiny Shoes and Medals, 2021
MICK DAVIS
This collaborative work with Scott Feringa (see drawing in Visual Artworks section) explores memory, service, and the enduring impact of war. Shiny Shoes and Medals honours Vietnam veteran, Tommy Gray. The song, performed by band, Indistinct Chatter, reflects on Tommy’s experiences and dedication to fellow veterans through the Returned Services League (RSL).
LISTEN VIA YOUTUBE BELOW
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FILM: Safe, 2021 + The Skirt, 2019
ERIFILI DAVIS
Safe reflects on personal belonging and acceptance, questioning invisible boundaries.
The Skirt traces a family heirloom’s journey through generations, surviving war and genocide, and embodying resilience beyond geopolitical lines.
WATCH EMBEDDED VIDEOS BELOW
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SOUND + FILM: Tenuous Threads, 2022
KIM V. GOLDSMITH
As a narrative, Tenuous threads pays tribute to the persistence of inland rivers that will continue to go beyond their borders as living beings here long before colonisation.
LISTEN + WATCH EMBEDDED VIDEO BELOW
My Way Beyond Borders, Lusi Austin, 2025, duration 3:25
DOWNLOAD LYRICS
Shiny Shoes & Medals, lyrics by Michael Davis, performed by Indistinct Chatter, 2021, duration 6:27
Safe, Erifili Davis, 2021.
Safe reflects on personal belonging and acceptance, questioning invisible boundaries.
The Skirt, Erifili Davis, 2019
The Skirt traces a family heirloom’s journey through generations, surviving war and genocide, embodying resilience beyond geopolitical lines.
Tenuous threads II, Kim V. Goldsmith, 2023, soundscape composition and video, duration 5:00
As a narrative, Tenuous threads pays tribute to the persistence of inland rivers that will continue to go beyond their borders as living beings here long before colonisation.