News from Home is a collaboration between visual artist and sociologist Luke Conroy (Australia) and documentary filmmaker and visual artist Anne Fehres (The Netherlands). The core aim of ‘News From Home’ is to engage with the people, objects and stories which make up a local community and communicate these through visual art pieces.
These art pieces take the form of digital photo montages. Each of these montages contains between 2 and 200 individual ‘layers’ which are sourced from the thousands of photographs captured by the artists, alongside archival images sourced from the community in which the project is undertaken.
The starting point for News From Home is the humble postcard. The artists are interested in how the postcard presents highly constructed and idyllic images of a place, yet at the same time fails to acknowledge the more authentic but messy reality of that place. The constructed images of the postcard promote a particular ‘tourist gaze’ of a location, whereby the those who visit a place only seek out to confirm the stylised images and experiences seen in postcards, rather than question them or consider a place on a deeper level. It is this ‘deeper level’ consideration that lays at the heart of this project.
'News From Home' is an ongoing project that has been selected for undertaking in six locations during 2019. See works from these locations below and follow our project on Instagram: @news_from_home
If you are interested in viewing a summary portfolio of this project, click here
News from Home is a collaboration between visual artist and sociologist Luke Conroy (Australia) and documentary filmmaker and visual artist Anne Fehres (The Netherlands). The core aim of ‘News From Home’ is to engage with the people, objects and stories which make up a local community and communicate these through visual art pieces.
These art pieces take the form of digital photo montages. Each of these montages contains between 2 and 200 individual ‘layers’ which are sourced from the thousands of photographs captured by the artists, alongside archival images sourced from the community in which the project is undertaken.
The starting point for News From Home is the humble postcard. The artists are interested in how the postcard presents highly constructed and idyllic images of a place, yet at the same time fails to acknowledge the more authentic but messy reality of that place. The constructed images of the postcard promote a particular ‘tourist gaze’ of a location, whereby the those who visit a place only seek out to confirm the stylised images and experiences seen in postcards, rather than question them or consider a place on a deeper level. It is this ‘deeper level’ consideration that lays at the heart of this project.
'News From Home' is an ongoing project that has been selected for undertaking in six locations during 2019. See works from these locations below and follow our project on Instagram: @news_from_home
If you are interested in viewing a summary portfolio of this project, click here
News from Home is a collaboration between visual artist and sociologist Luke Conroy (Australia) and documentary filmmaker and visual artist Anne Fehres (The Netherlands). The core aim of ‘News From Home’ is to engage with the people, objects and stories which make up a local community and communicate these through visual art pieces.
These art pieces take the form of digital photo montages. Each of these montages contains between 2 and 200 individual ‘layers’ which are sourced from the thousands of photographs captured by the artists, alongside archival images sourced from the community in which the project is undertaken.
The starting point for News From Home is the humble postcard. The artists are interested in how the postcard presents highly constructed and idyllic images of a place, yet at the same time fails to acknowledge the more authentic but messy reality of that place. The constructed images of the postcard promote a particular ‘tourist gaze’ of a location, whereby the those who visit a place only seek out to confirm the stylised images and experiences seen in postcards, rather than question them or consider a place on a deeper level. It is this ‘deeper level’ consideration that lays at the heart of this project.
'News From Home' is an ongoing project that has been selected for undertaking in six locations during 2019. See works from these locations below and follow our project on Instagram: @news_from_home
If you are interested in viewing a summary portfolio of this project, click here

Schlossmediale Scholarship 2025
Exciting news: I’ve been selected for the Schlossmediale Scholarship 2025 in Werdenberg, Switzerland. As part of this opportunity, I’ll be spending six weeks in residence working on a new project titled It’s All Right. The work will premiere at the 13th Schlossmediale Festival, taking place from 19–28 June 2025.
It’s All Right is an immersive, multichannel audiovisual installation that explores the emotional contradictions of climate collapse. Using fragments from The Beatles’ Here Comes the Sun, the work transforms soothing reassurances into something more unsettling. Calm gives way to chaos as snippets of IPCC reports, speculative weather forecasts, and protest echoes are layered into a composition that shifts between sincerity and satire. Through a lens of dark play, It’s All Right examines the fine line between hope and delusion in an increasingly unstable world.

Residency at Standplaats Vlieland
I’m excited to share that together with Luke Conroy, I’m invited to participate in the Standplaats Vlieland residency to start the research for the project Bottled Up.
Standplaats Vlieland is an artist-in-residence program on the island of Vlieland, initiated by Into The Great Wide Open, Museum Tromp’s Huys, and Hi-Lo. With a focus on the Wadden Sea region, the residency offers space to explore, research, and create work that responds to the island’s unique environment.
During my time on Vlieland, I’ll be immersing myself in the coastal landscape of the island, researching and developing my concept for Bottled Up.

Selection Immersive International Competition - TIDF
Happy to share that Revival Roadshow will have its international premiere in the Immersive International Competition at the 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival Excited to present our VR experience to a new audience soon. Hope to see you there!
Location: Pier Α, Port of Thessaloniki
Dates & Hours: 06-16/03/2025 - 13:00-21:00
Admission free
More information on website TIDF

2025 Nomination: Best Interactive / Immersive Documentary Nomination
After a successful World Premiere at International Film Festival Rotterdam I am very happy to announce that Revival Roadshow is one of three nominations for the Best Interactive/Immersive Documentary at the 2025 AIDC Awards.
The AIDC Awards recognise the outstanding work of new Australian documentary and factual content. The winner will be announced at a special Awards Presentation event during AIDC 2025 on Wednesday 5 March at ACMI.
More information on website AIDC

World Premiere at International Film Festival Rotterdam 2025
Very happy to announce that my virtual reality project Revival Roadshow will have its World Premiere at the 54th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). The work is part of the festival’s Art Directions: Immersive Media program and will be exhibited from 30 January to 9 February 2025 at Katoenhuis.
About Revival Roadshow
This 17-minute, 3-DoF virtual reality experience explores colonial legacies and their impact on modern and future cultures. Combining art, cinema, theatre, and immersive sound, the narrative imagines the speculative revival of Abel Tasman, the 17th-century Dutch colonial explorer, reflecting our personal connections to both the Netherlands and Tasmania.
More information on website IFFR

Digital Imaginaries Biennial 2024
At the Digital Imaginaries Biennial 2024 in Marseille, I'm presenting my work, Unfolding, alongside an inspiring group of digital artists from around the world. This exhibition delves into how digital art shapes speculative futures and reimagines our present.
Created in 2018 and organized by CHRONIQUES – the Biennale des Imaginaires Numériques is the highlight of digital arts and culture in the Southern region. Exploring the visual arts, the sound arts and live performance, the Biennial focuses on the presence and use of digital and new technologies in art, invests the public space and gives a voice to national and international artists from different backgrounds.
Exhibition: November 7, 2024 to January 19, 2025

DOK Leipzig - XR Prototyping Zone
My work Revival Roadshow has been selected for presentation at the DOK Exchange XR Prototyping Zone. This platform connects creators with a community of XR experts, potential audiences, and distributors. It allows for the testing of interactive features, narrative structures, as well as onboarding and offboarding experiences within spatial environments, helping refine XR projects before they are finalized.
This process ultimately helps reduce production and distribution costs at later stages of development. Presenting works during this phase provides valuable insights into user experience design, encouraging constructive discussions and gathering comprehensive feedback.

Trailer Revival Roadshow (VR)
I'm excited to announce that the trailer for Revival Roadshow is now available! This 17-minute, 3-DoF virtual reality (VR) experience seamlessly blends art, cinema, theatre, and immersive sound to explore the impact of colonial legacies on contemporary and future cultures.

Selection - DMZ International Documentary Film Festival
Excited to announce that our work Unfolding is selected for the DMZ International Documentary Film Festival and is going to be in South Korea very soon! The work will be part of the 'Expanded' program. A program which combines screening in theatre and installation in museums.
And the work will be shown as part of the Non-theatrical Program that is designed to offer audiences a post-cinematic experience that expands beyond the limitations of traditional theatres.
DMZ International Documentary Film Festival
26.09 - 02.10.2024

Upcoming Solo Exhibition
Join me at Pier-2 Art Center in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, for the opening of my solo exhibition, News From Home - Kaohsiung, on Saturday, April 13th at 5 PM. This multimedia exhibition contains photomontage installations, a video installation and a soundscape inspired by my three-month residency and extensive fieldwork.
The exhibition will be held at P3-1 Warehouse, Pier 2 Art District, Dayong Rd, Yancheng District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, from April 13th to 21st, 2024, with free admission.
