Born from disgust and anger of the endemic rise of violence against women in Australia, an audio visual artwork was created to help shine a light on the issue. The artwork titled, "Women's Memorial Tree" aims to provoke thought and action, while remaining respectful to the victims and their loved ones.

Developed under a City of Greater Bendigo Create Lab 2024 grant, the project is produced by Kylie Art, features visual artwork sculpted natively in VR by internationally awarded VR/AR/XR artist, Reverse Butcher and is accompanied by an original song, 'Is this the world?' composed and performed by emerging artist, Sharp Candy.

More details to come and the event includes:

5:30 PM	Registration
5:45 PM	Welcome and housekeeping
5:55 PM	Live acoustic performance of 'Is this the world?' by Sharp Candy
6:00 PM	Creative Q&A with Kylie Art / Sharp Candy & Reverse Butcher
6:15 PM	"Women's Memorial Tree" screening in 2D
6:20 PM	Q&A panel: The fight against gender violence
7:05 PM	Audience Questions
7:20 PM	"Women's Memorial Tree" screening in 3D
7:20 PM	Drinks and nibbles
8:00 PM	Event ends

Note. This event contains themes related to family violence, violence against women and gender-based violence which may impact some viewers. This includes the names of First Nations women whose identities have been published in the public domain.