Business North-West

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Written By Caleb Nichols-Mansell

Projection and sound weaving ancestral stories into the Wynyard waterfront under moonlight.

Tunapri Moonlight Stories is a large-scale projection and soundscape installation that honours the deep-time stories, cultural identity, and ancestral presence embedded in Country. Featuring layered imagery, paintings, drawings, digital illustrations, and photography the piece offers an intimate journey into Tasmanian Aboriginal experience. Commissioned for the Wynyard waterfront, the work invites reflection on our shared history while highlighting the strength, resilience, and ongoing presence of the Palawa community.

This project was commissioned and licensed by Business North-West and produced by Ten Days on the Island with contributions from the following creative team: produced by Sally Richardson & Christian Storan, creative direction by Caleb Nichols-Mansell, Elder & cultural oversight by Auntie Erica Maynard, artwork by Caleb Nichols-Mansell, projection mapping by Darryl Rogers and sound design by Isaac Rogers.

Client: Business North-West
Project Type: Collaboration, Curation & Production, Public Art
Location: Wynyard, Tasmania
Year: 2022-24

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Caleb Nichols-Mansell

Caleb Nichols-Mansell moves between Country, culture, and contemporary practice — weaving stories from land, spirit, and community into powerful visual languages. As a proud Palawa man, Caleb's work bridges the ancient and the evolving, reimagining Aboriginal knowledge systems through design, public art, and digital storytelling.

His practice is rooted in Country and carried forward through site-responsive interventions, graphic and surface design, and large-scale public commissions. Through intricate textures, flowing linework, and bold organic forms, Caleb invites reflection on identity, resilience, and the enduring strength of Palawa people.

His works have been commissioned by leading institutions across Australia, including MONA, University of Tasmania, Arts Tasmania, Australian Fashion Week, Lifeline Australia, and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; embedding stories of survival, connection, and contemporary Aboriginal identity into the cultural, public, and built environment.

www.calebnicholsmansell.com.au

https://www.calebnicholsmansell.com.au
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