Touch a tree and know it’s seen the past; dip your toes in a river and see the future; walk on earth and have a memory that is not your own; Country and time are interconnected.  

In Folding Time, artists and architects Sarah Lynn Rees, Matte McConell and r e a discuss how they collaborate, learn from and teach with Country.   

No Space is Empty is a First Nations knowledge symposium exploring time beyond the clock. The digital series encourages us to consider how different temporal frameworks shape our worldviews, relationships and practices. 

Artwork: Object No. 2023/86/3 ‘Ḏawurr’ by Gaypalani Wanambi⁩, 2024 

Find the Folding Time transcript and photographs on Powerhouse's website.

Producer Ayeesha Ash 

Editor and Sound Designer Mara Schwerdtfeger 

Audio Recordists Ben Rumble, Ryan Carter 

Presenter Nathan Mudyi Sentance 

Program Curators Pip Hall, Donita Vatuinaruku Hulme, Nathan Mudyi Sentance 

The live symposium was held on Gadigal Country at Sydney Observatory in June 2025.  

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