This Exhibition and Panel discussion of “Afterburn” is a wonderful offering very relevant to our work as psychotherapists.

27 May – 30 October 2015

From The Fire brings together a selection of artworks made by people who experienced the Black Saturday bushfires in 2009. This exhibition captures the destruction of the fires and the emotional aftermath, with a focus on the impact of trauma.

These artworks embody the physical and mental survival of the artists, which has been intimately connected to the changing landscape and the rebuilding of their lives and communities. From the Fire features a number of professional artists working across a range of media, as well as artworks made by children from Yarra Glen Primary School in the weeks, months and years following the fires.

Artists include Julie Goodwin, Werner Theinert, Ursula Theinhurt, Cornelia Selover, Louise Foletta, Bernadette Healy and Kate Zizys coupled with works created by primary school students from Yarra Glen Primary School.

The exhibition opens officially on 3 June 2015.

Image: Werner Theinert, Distorted Metal, 2009, digital print on metal, 120 x 120 cm,
The Cunningham Dax Collection

Afterburn: Screening and Roundtable Discussion

Join us for a FREE screening of Moira Fahy’s remarkable documentary Afterburn, which traces the emotional experiences of three families as they rebuild their lives in the wake of the Black Saturday bushfires. The screening will be followed by a interdisciplinary discussion, featuring:

• Moira Fahy (filmmaker and scriptwriter);
• Professor Tom Griffiths (fire historian and William Keith Hancock Professor of History, ANU);
• Dr Alex Lambert (Lecturer in Communication and Media, Monash University); and
• Ruth Wraith (psychotherapist, with particular expertise in the aftermath of disasters).

The discussion will be chaired by Grace Moore(Senior Research Fellow, Centre for the History of Emotions) and will be followed by drinks and finger food. All welcome!

Date: Thursday 11 June 2015, 6pm-8pm.
Venue: The Dax Centre, Kenneth Myer Building,
The University of Melbourne, 30 Royal Parade Melbourne.
Note: The Dax Centre gallery will be open from 5.30pm to view the exhibition From The Fire.

Registration is essential: Please register here.