Brook Andrew Rollercoaster: winhangadurinya in motion

This free exhibition presents a new commission alongside works from the Museum of Australian Photography's collection, together with artworks, objects and archival materials from the artist's own collection. Brook Andrew is an artist whose conceptual practice shifts across photography, performance, moving image, installation, public space and research, often through deep collaboration with artists, communities and friends. His practice is informed by his experiences as a Wiradjuri and Ngunnawal, kweer (queer) person from south eastern Australia, alongside an ongoing curiosity about the world and the intersecting relationships and kinship between people, memory, culture and place. The title Rollercoaster suggests erratic movement, emotional shifts, bodily sensation and the simultaneous pull of fear, joy and uncertainty. Winhangadurinya is a Wiradjuri concept from Andrew's matrilineal language group in western New South Wales. Often understood as meditation, contemplation or deep reflection, it proposes a slower and more attentive way of looking, feeling and thinking. At a time of accelerating digital culture, social media and artificial intelligence, the exhibition creates space for pause, reflection and imagination. It reminds you that the future is not fixed, but something still in motion. You can choose to shape your lives through attention, care, responsibility and collective thought.