Multimedia Works

Gallery & Festival artworks:

(2026) ‘Dampland 2’ audio artwork (8 mins) reshown at BCC (8 July – 1 August 2026) for Blindside Melbourne. BCC is an exhibition initiated by Blindside and curated by Cool Change Contemporary, bringing together works by Angus Bowskill, Reece Cahill, Cass Lynch & Mei Swan Lim, Ella Valentine, Gemma Weston and Clare Wohlnick, with a text by Liz Smith. Read a review of the exhibition by Diego Ramírez here.

(2026) ‘First Lights Kinjarling: Porongurup‘, a drone light show exploring the borongur/totems of Porongurup Range National Park. Presented at Albany Peace Park on Saturday March 7th 2026. Produced by Ilona McGuire, with script and narration by Cass Lynch and musical score by Rachel Claudio. Commissioned by Fremantle Biennale/First Lights. A short documentary on the shows is below. A news article with photos from shows can be found here, and a news article about the Elders involved can be found here.

(2025) ‘Nara Koort/Seashore Heart’ poem commissioned for the chorus in orchestral piece ‘Mahāsāgar‘ by Paul Stanhope for West Australian Symphony Orchestra. Read an interview here.

(2024) ‘Dampland 2.0’, audio artwork with projected video (8 mins). Re-shown with new video for Polarity: Fire & Ice at Fremantle Arts Centre as part of the Perth Festival 2024 Visual Arts Program. Collaboration with sound artist Mei Swan Lim. Wall illustrations by Yabini Kickett.

(2023) ‘First Lights Wadjemup‘, a drone light show at Wadjemup/Rottnest Island, produced by Ilona McGuire, with script by Cass Lynch, performed by Mitch Walley. Commissioned by Fremantle Biennale for ‘Signals 2023’. A news article on the show can be found here.

(2023) ‘First Lights Djoondalup‘, a drone light show at Djoondalup/Attadale Reserve, produced by Ilona McGuire, with script by Cass Lynch, designed and performed by Yabini Kickett. Commissioned by Fremantle Biennale for ‘Signals 2023’.

(2021) ‘Dampland‘ (8 mins) commissioned for Love In Bright Landscapes at PICA. Collaboration with sound artist Mei Swan Lim

(2019) ‘Float’ (7 mins) in ‘Deep Heritage’ at Cool Change Contemporary. Collaboration with sound artist Mei Swan Lim (listen below)

(2019) ‘Riverland‘ in Five Short Blasts Fremantle commissioned by Perth Festival (total artwork time 70 mins)

Audio-only artworks:

(2022) ‘Ghost Tunes’ international collaborative concept album commissioned for UK/Australia Season at Glasgow Centre for Contemporary Art. Collaboration with Mei Swan Lim on tracks ‘Birak 1-4’ (four tracks total 10 mins). Total album length 40 mins.

(2021) ‘Watershed’ (13 mins) commissioned for Refuge 2021 by Arts House Melbourne (guiding Boonwurrung Elder N’arweet Carolyn Briggs, sound artist Theo McMahon, voice recordist Mei Swan Lim) (listen below)

Audio story streams:

Wadjemup/Rottnest Island drone light show video stream:

First Lights Kinjarling Short Documentary

Boorna Waanginy / The Trees Speak – Nyitting introduction

Multimedia Artwork Images:

Dampland 2.0 (2024) exhibition view. Fremantle Arts Centre. Photo by Miles Noel Studio
Image of lit up drones in the night sky
Cass Lynch & Ilona McGuire, First Lights – Kooranup (2023), Wadjemup (Rottnest Island). Commissioned by the Fremantle Biennale for SIGNALS 23. Photo by Jarrad Russell.
Yellow boats on the Swan River near Fremantle. Large cargo loading cranes in the background.
Five Short Blasts Fremantle (2019). Part of Perth Festival.
gallery wall with vinyl writing
‘Float’ audio installation (2019). Part of ‘Deep Heritage’ at Cool Change Contemporary.