Artist Talk: Joel Spring

Joel Spring is a member of the Wiradjuri nation, raised between Gadigal Country in Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales, and Mparntwe/Alice Springs, Northern Territory. Trained at the University of Technology Sydney, Spring is a Co-Director with Genevieve Zoe Murray of Future Method Studio, a collaborative and interdisciplinary practice working across architecture, installation and speculative projects. Future Method Studio projects focus on material culture and impact- and process-driven creative methodologies.

At present, Spring’s work explores the contested narratives of Sydney’s and Australia’s urban culture and Aboriginal history in the context of ongoing colonisation. In recent years, he has been researching and recording the impact of climate change and colonial land management practices on Yuin Country. Spring is also a radio broadcaster and writer. In 2021 he guest edited Runway Journal’s 44th issue themed around ‘time’.

This program was presented as part of the 2022 National Visual Arts Education Conference.