Tamworth art gallery exhibitions: 'Haunting' to be shown in Tamworth Regional Gallery until May 16

The body of work, completed by artist Vic McEwan, consists of a series of 65 photographs and three video works.

Mr McEwan said the photographs were taken by projecting museum objects into fog as it comes into the Murrumbidgee River, then rephotographed again.

"We're left with these abstract images which I see as kind of painting with light into the landscape," he said.

"It was all an experiment, and it all could've lead to a really different result but it lead to these beautiful images."

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The artist and his team sat by the river for two months, even overnight until dawn in winter, near Canberra.

"We worked with the Bureau of Meteorology and they tried to predict when there would be fog for us."

He said the idea for his works started with "some wheat samples from William Farrer, who used to be on the $2 note".

"William developed strands of wheat that allowed wheat to be grown into inland NSW. We were looking at what that enabled for Australia but also the other sides of that, what was the impact on the culture that existed for tens of thousands of years," he said.

The exhibition, developed by the Cad Factory and the National Museum of Australia, is currently on a three-year tour of various galleries.

It will be on display at the Tamworth gallery until May 16.

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