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Ten years ago, in response to a cancer diagnosis, Tanja Milbourne began a photography series seeking to express how life feels in its most uncertain, suspended moments. 

Capturing dancers in moments of poised suspension, where movement and stillness seem momentarily inseparable. These images sought to explore how the human body, held between motion and stillness, can express states of being beyond language.

Then, during a period when treatment left them unable to work with the camera, an unexpected practice emerged: drawing. 

Originating as a meditative practice, Tanja allowed the process to unfold intuitively, embracing a dialogue between conscious intent and the agency of the medium.

The resulting intricate linework evokes organic forms and topographies — fine, flowing structures that seem to shift between surface and depth, almost like water in motion, becoming their own quiet meditation on life, nature and movement. 

Over time, their photography and drawing began to speak to each other. Lines now drawn directly onto photographic prints opened a dialogue between the frozen instant and the unfolding gesture — between the seen and the felt. This evolving practice became a way to explore the invisible threads that connect us: personal, ecological, existential.

Equilibrium & Flow brings together these three strands — photography, drawing, and hybrid works — for the first time. Across them runs a shared exploration of movement, vulnerability,and impermanence: a search for meaning in the delicate interplay between holding on and letting go.

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​✨ Opening Night: Saturday 22nd AUG | 5:00 – 9:00pm

✨Exhibition date: 20th-30th AUG (wed-sat. 12-5pm)

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