GOALS: imagine the Land’s work brings communities into direct contact with art practice and nature in a very visceral and accessible way; combining elements of environmental, spiritual and creative pursuits.
Through locality and artistic activity we are opening the boundaries of imagination and envisioning through the use of evocative symbols such as that of the Third Paradise, where the collaboration is not only local but becomes global through linking to global Rebirth Day event initiating collective internal change of personal and collective responsibility through art.

Imagine the Land have been welcomed back to Woodford which It is the largest gathering of artists and musicians in Australia for another 6 days of collaborative installation creating at this years festival. The art work will be a participatory project produced from metamorphic and igneous materials and pigments from the regions volcanic terrain. This years installation will be linking in for the second time with the International Art Movement called ” Re-birth Day” a vital, living, breathing symbol of positive personal, environmental and social change. Rebirth-day is a project by Michelangelo Pistoletto and Cittadellarte, Italy. Imagine The Land Projects cultivates relationships between people, art and nature through the use of natural resources in organic, impermanent land based installations. The project is a collaboration between Ekarasa Doblanovic and Karma Barnes.
Imagine the Land Project develops site specific collaborative and interactive installations by investigating the local environment, consulting and collaborating with the local community. The process references and draws from time honored techniques and materials in a contemporary context engaging participants and viewers on an emotional, intellectual and spiritual level. The project has recently produced public works with over 500 participants in both New Zealand and Australia.
The tread lightly and transient nature of these pieces has its own appeal in that the installation materials will be returned to the natural world and decomposed as part of the natural cycle, exploring the illusionary boundaries of time and space. We wish to transmit the delicate characteristics and implications of connectedness and responsibility, and how time (impermanence) and a palpable relationship to the earth can enhance our connection and perception of our environment.
Woodford Fold Festival has a commitment to sustainability and environmental restoration of habitats biodiversity and eco systems. The site Woodforia is a 500 acre property that has been developed into a cultural parkland dedicated to the arts, humanities and lore and has been lovingly regenerated with very 100,000 subtropical rainforest trees, orchids, ferns and sedge planted to create habitat for butterflies and wildlife. As Australia’s largest gathering of artists and musicians Woodford Folk Festival explores the full breadth and depth of cultural, artistic and social diversity the nation has to offer.