Moonlight stories

Launched as part of the Permission to Trespass winter events in Wynyard Tasmania “Moonlight Stories” provides a stunning visual platform for winter projections of artwork on the Table Cape lighthouse. It is part of the Sensing Table Cape experience.

Moonlight represents an important cultural touchstone to the local north west tribe, the Tommeginner who travelled seasonally across the north west, including Table Cape. The full moon represented a time for Tommeginner people to gather, share food, spiritual experiences, stories, and knowledge around fire light. Moonlight Stories provides us an opportunity to connect to a similar experience, an opportunity to learn, and share stories and knowledge around a different kind of light, but still under moonlight again.

The inaugural projection has been created by local artist Caleb Nichols-Mansell. Caleb presents a projected artwork “TUNAPRI”, with an accompanying soundscape that responds to place through the vision, creativity, and voice of a contemporary Tasmanian Aboriginal artist. Projected visuals in the form of original paintings, drawings and digital illustrations will tell the story of country.

The deep time connections of a culture and community who are connected to place, people, and time will come together to honour those who have gone before and look forward to the future.