Simon Aubor

Simon Aubor is a Narrm-based (Melbourne-based) artist and freelance photographer who works with photography, video and installation. His practice centres around themes of culture, identity, and community, explored through the perspective of a first-generation Australian Jewish view.

Simon graduated in a Bachelor of Fine Arts at RMIT in 2018. Since he has exhibited in various galleries around Narrm, including being a finalist at the MGA Winifred Bowness Photography Prize in 2019. Simon has photographed performances, exhibitions and events at various spaces, such as The Art Centre Melbourne, The Abbotsford Convent, The Regent Theatre, The Meat Market, RMIT University, Centre for Contemporary Photography and c3 Contemporary Artspace.

2020 Experience:
When the pandemic hit, I experienced loss of work and then experienced housing difficulties, which unfortunately involved moving homes several times.

Many people have found creative outlets to help them get through this challenging time. For myself, photography and video has been an extremely valuable outlet. It has been a therapeutic way for myself to process my experiences, and also an exciting way to draw connection with community and friends during this time of physical separation and distancing.

This project came to surface as a collaborative exchange with the Moreland community whilst I was in a privileged position of retrieving support. I’ve been living in the Moreland area for the past 15 years. In this time I’ve drawn relationships and connections with different parts of the community. In this project, reaching out and exchanging with the peoples that I’ve met throughout these years has been extremely enriching and unforgettable.

Collaboration and listening has been the core process throughout this project. Over having many conversations with the community and friends, Moreland: 23/03/2020 to xx/xx/xxxx has evolved from a singular perspective, to a team working towards what we hope to be a community perspective of sharing experiences through unique voices. As more people get involved, we hope for the project to continue shifting in response to collaboration and listening.

Instagram: simon_aubor

Website: simonaubor.com

Anne Moffat

Anne Moffat is a photographer working across an array of editorial, commercial and personal projects. Anne draws on close familial ties to Malaysia, China, and New Zealand, as well as family migration to Australia, to inform her social documentation and portraiture.

Anne’s work has recently been shortlisted in the British Journal of Photography’s Portrait of Humanity, the Singapore International Photography Festival Portfolio Open Call, William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize, the Maggie Diaz Photography Prize for Women and the Perth Centre for Photography CLIP Award. Anne’s work has been exhibited locally and internationally, as well as 130,000 feet into the stratosphere, as part of a world first exhibition in outer space.

Anne is a member of Women Photograph, Diversify Photo and Authority Collective. She compliments her practice with a Bachelor of Science and Diploma of Languages from the University of Melbourne, and works part time at Hillvale Photo, an independent photo lab in Brunswick. Having worked and resided in Brunswick for many years, Anne is at home in the Moreland community.

2020 Experience:
I wasn’t able to work for a large portion of the year, and I’m lucky this time could grow into a stocktaking of sorts: backing up hard drives; planning future projects; connecting with others from around the world through virtual conferences and workshops from the equal parts comfort and confinement of our homes. But I also spent a lot of time in a vortex of endless anxiety scrolling, refreshing news livestreams and the skyrocketing world case counter. I’m more tired, more awake, more worried, more sad, more grateful, more confused, more clear, more overthought than ever.

Instagram: annemoff

Website: annemoff.com

Kit Scott

Kit Scott is an interdisciplinary artist and arts worker currently living and working in Narrm (Melbourne.) Her creative practice engages diverse modes of drawing and making, often process-driven and taking the form of ephemeral installation outcomes. As an arts worker, she is passionate about supporting emerging and early career creative practitioners. 

 Kit holds a Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) from RMIT, graduating with Distinction and the Vice Chancellor’s List for Academic Excellence. She has worked independently and collaboratively in support of the delivery of a wide range of creative projects. From 2016-2020 she worked as part of the team at RMIT Intersect, RMIT University. She is currently completing a Master of Arts (Arts Management) at RMIT.

2020 Experience:
A significant experience for myself, an experience shared by so many (particularly within the arts) but uniquely felt by all, was loss of work. The multiple roles I was employed within were casual, freelance and volunteer – a once busy schedule slowed to a standstill. However, soon virtual conversations sparked ideas and the beginnings of creative projects were born.

From this extraordinary and challenging year, what I feel more-so than ever is a deep appreciation and awe for the resilience and vibrancy of our creative communities and our capacity to continue to create against all odds.

Instagram: linen_goth_