Australian artist/filmmaker Lynette Wallworth is renowned for creating profoundly empathetic works while pushing the boundaries of emerging technologies. She works primarily in immersive environments including 360 film, virtual reality, interactive video, digital full dome and feature documentary. Her works reflects on connections between people and the natural world and engages viewers in the consideration of fragile human and non-human states of grace.
Awards (selection)
2017 Emmy Award News & Documentary, ‘Outstanding New Approaches in Documentary’ for her Virtual Reality film Collisions (2016)
2019 Emmy Award News & Documentary, ‘Outstanding New Approaches in Documentary’’ for her XR work Awavena (2018)
Exhibitions
Wallworth’s work has featured at locations and festivals throughout the world, including the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the American Museum of Natural History, the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, the Smithsonian; Venice Film Festival, IDFA, CPHDOX, London Film Festival and Sundance Film Festival.