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Australian artists respond to coronavirus isolation with works about connection – ABC News
Australian artists are responding to the lows of lockdown with out-of-the-box works such as a communist-obsessed chatbot, a vibrant soothing billboard and a service offering coronavirus-safe hugs.
In August, lockdown-weary Melburnians passing by a busy intersection in St Kilda were greeted for a moment with the words “never alone” emblazoned across a bright digital billboard.
Surrounding those words was a vivid, tessellated pattern, made from a single image of a nankeen night heron taken by Kent Morris, a Melbourne-based artist and descendant of the Barkindji people of north-western New South Wales.
“During this COVID-19 period I think we’ve seen a reframing of how we collectively perce…
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