Moonee Moonee Chain of Ponds

By and | 1 February 2018
With your reeds and your black swans

this is The Railway.


I’ve come to carve your circles straight

I’ve come to bring your edges parallel

and there: a ribbon of blue you’ll be

to carry the coal that feeds me


Will you give way?


You know the city cannot wait,

you know the swamp will soon be drained,

you know the sky will turn to road,


and yet you still resist.


(Do not give way)
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Marita May Dyson, one half of The Orbweavers, is a multidisciplinary artist working in song, performance and visual art. Many of her musical compositions and performances are inspired by history and natural sciences. She has written, produced and released three studio albums, documentary soundtracks for film and television, and have performed across the country at music festivals and cultural institutions. In 2016, The Orbweavers received a State Library of Victoria Creative Fellowship to undertake research and write a suite of songs about Melbourne waterways, which will be presented through The Substation 2018 Commissioning Program.

http://www.theorbweavers.com/

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Stuart Flanagan, one half of The Orbweavers, is a multidisciplinary artist working in song, performance and visual art. Many of his musical compositions and performances are inspired by history and natural sciences. He has written, produced and released three studio albums, documentary soundtracks for film and television, and have performed across the country at music festivals and cultural institutions. In 2016, The Orbweavers received a State Library of Victoria Creative Fellowship to undertake research and write a suite of songs about Melbourne waterways, which will be presented through The Substation 2018 Commissioning Program.

http://www.theorbweavers.com/

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