Somerville, W.; McKenzie, V.; Fuller, L.; Godden, N.; Harrison, A.; Isaacs-Guthridge, R. & Turner, B. (2023). “Kind regards”: Negotiating connection to Country and place through collective storying. Australian Journal of Environmental Education 39(3), 1–13. doi:10.1017/aee.2023.24 Within this paper we explore the process and outcomes of …
McKenzie, Vahri. (2023). I think things are precious. Axon: Creative Explorations Text|Page|Art 13 (1). DOI: 10.54375/001/k4vz5gp93t A work of expanded short fiction that tells a story about a kid set the task of writing one hundred lines as a punishment. It responds to Emmett Williams’s …
McKenzie, V. and Webb, J. (2023). Re-enactment as Conversation: Yoshiko Shimada’s Becoming a Statue of a Japanese Comfort Woman. In Frederick, U.K., Harrison, A., Ireland, T., & Magee, J. M. (eds.), Difficult Conversations. British Council. Yoshiko Shimada is a contemporary artist immersed in difficult conversations. …
In a collection of 9 essays edited by Vahri McKenzie for artsACT’s Creative Recovery and Resilience Forum Writers-in-Residence Simone Penkethman, Jacqui Malins and Barrina South reflect on the themes and concerns emerging from Forum activities. Simone Penkethman’s response to Keeping it Together, Keeping it Together… …
McKenzie, V. (2022). Temporary assembly amidst change, UPENDING | MENDING: Catalogue of the Twenty-eighth Faculty of Arts & Design Staff Art Exhibition, National Library of Australia. Fires, floods and bugs sweep the country and creatives are exhorted to recover, to build resilience, to resume our …