THE AUSTRALIAN WAY
Sydney, 2022
Selected as part of the Whispers and Roars Festival with The House That Dan Built in 2022 and performed at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music by Uma Volkmer, Aaron Cottle and Maddy Avagliano.
In 2019 droughts dried the land barren.
In 2020 raging bushfires spread through Australia.
In 2022 Australia faced flash flooding unlike anything seen before.
Despite catastrophic events, the government fails to do their part to help the environment and our suffering country. As an individual I feel a weight of guilt, depression and anxiousness as I see Australia fall apart around us. The Australian Way is a piece dedicated to Australia. It addresses the neutral phase of the El Niño South-Oscillator (ENSO) where winds blow the warm moist air and push warmer surface waters towards Australia where atmospheric convection causes clouds and rain, before we return to the wind in a never-ending cycle.