For Museums and Galleries Northern Territory (MAGNT), the team of four artists created a shadow puppet and sound installation to give MAGNT visitors a taste of this imagined world and a glimpse into the work of paleontologists.

Watch in the Shadow of Great Beasts here.

This project was presented by Museums and Galleries Northern Territory, in Alice Springs for the opening of Megafauna Central, July 5-28 2018, and at Darwin Museum for National Science Week at Darwin Festival, August 17-19, 2018.

Creative Team

Penelope Bartlau – Director

Jason Lehane – Installation Designer

Kyoko Imazu – Shadow Art Creator

Darius Kedros – Sound Designer

Thanks to: Australia Council for the Arts, Northern Territory Government, National Science Week, staff and directors of Museum and Gallery of the Northern Territory Alice Springs and Darwin and Megafauna Central, Darwin Festival.

Special thanks to Rebecca Renshaw and Mark Crees

Photos courtesy of MAGNT, Merinda Campbell

This project was created and presented on the lands of the Arrernte and the Larrakia peoples. We pay respect to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and honour the unbroken spiritual, cultural and political connection they have maintained to this unique place for more than 2000 generations.