Delve Deeper into SALT A film by Michael Angus and Murray Fredericks

This multi-media resource list Ministerial Forum (Australia): Lewin, Ted and Betsy Lewin. includes books, films and other State of the Basin 2008: rivers Top to Bottom and Down Under. materials related to the issues assessment. Canberra: Lake New York: HarperCollins, 2005. presented in the film SALT. Eyre Basin Ministerial Forum, Caldecott Honor artists Ted and 2008. Betsy Lewin invite young readers to In his search for “somewhere I This report presents the first Lake explore northern and southern could point my camera into pure Eyre Basin Rivers Assessment, Australia. There they encounter all space,” award-winning focusing on the health of the LEB sorts of exotic creatures and share photographer Murray Fredericks river systems, including their in the beauty of the flora and fauna began making annual solo camping catchments, floodplains, lakes, through vivid, full-color illustrations. trips to remote Lake Eyre and its wetlands and overflow channels. salt flats in South Australia. These Turner, Kate. Australia. trips have yielded remarkable Moore, Ronald. Natural Beauty: Washington, D.C.: National photos of a boundless, desolate yet A Theory of Aesthetics Beyond Geographic, 2007. Series: beautiful environment where sky, the Arts. New York: Broadview Countries of the world. water and land merge. Made in Press, 2008. Series: Critical A basic overview of the history, collaboration with documentary Issues in Philosophy. geography, climate, and culture of filmmaker Michael Angus, SALT is Natural Beauty presents a new Australia. the film extension of Fredericks’ philosophical account of the ______work at Lake Eyre, interweaving his principles involved in making FILMS/DOCUMENTARIES photos and video diary with time- aesthetic judgments about natural lapse sequences to create the objects. It surveys historical and “Australia – Land Beyond Time.” liberating and disorienting modern accounts of natural beauty A film by David Flatman. IMAX experience of being thrown into an and weaves elements derived from Presents, 2002 (75 min.). infinite dimension of mind and those accounts into a "syncretic Australia, the world's largest island spirit. theory" that centers on key features and smallest continent is an exotic, ______of aesthetic experience--specifically, intriguing land shaped by its ADULT NONFICTION features that sustain and reward isolation from all other lands. With attention. Moore's theory shows thousands of miles of red desert Delhunty, Roma. The Spell of why aesthetic appreciation of works sand dunes that characterize its Lake Eyre. Kilmore, Victoria: of art and aesthetic appreciation of famous Outback and lush coastal Lowden Publishing Co., 1975. nature can be mutually reinforcing; rainforests rich with unique wild life, This book describes aspects of the that is, cooperative rather than rival Australia is a place of extremes. vast, unique, almost unknown enterprises. This film takes viewers on a journey Australian interior, the land which back in time to witness the birth the explorer John Gregory in 1901 NONFICTION FOR YOUNGER and evolution of a mysterious land called "The Dead Heart". Lake Eyre READERS that harbors remnants of Earth s itself is mostly a dry salt encrusted earliest life and many of its lake lying within the Great Artesian Corey, Shana and Ed strangest creatures that exist Basin. Fotheringham. Mermaid Queen: nowhere else on the planet. The Spectacular True Story of Dobre, Pete. Lake Eyre in Annette Kellerman, Who Swam “The Big Backyard: The Outback Outback Australia. Aberfoyle Her Way to Fame, Forturne, and of South Australia.” Milton Park, South Australia: Oz Swimsuit History! New York: Ingerson Film Television Scapes, 2001. Scholastic Press, 2009. Productions [for the] South A photography book of Lake Eyre. As a child growing up in Australia, Australian Government Tourist Annette Kellerman was a frail ugly Bureau,1976 (19 min.). Ennis, Helen. Photography and duckling who dreamed of becoming The opal mines of Coober Pedy, Australia. London: Reaktion a graceful ballerina. With courage Lake Eyre, the Birdsville Track and Books, 2007. and determination, she confronted a Sturts̀ Stony Desert are featured in With its moving landscapes and crippling illness to become an this tale of an outback honeymoon. famously independent cultural internationally known record-setting Many aspects of the barren traditions, Australia is uniquely athlete who revolutionized the sport landscapes of the outback of suited to having its national of swimming for women, a movie Australia are shown. narrative told through visual star who invented water ballet, and documentation. Helen Ennis gathers a fashion revolutionary who “The Great Aussie Outback.” here a selection of photographs that modernized the swimsuit. Grainger Television recount the story of Australia, and Australia/Flashback Holdings : through this visual chronicle, she Kalman, Bobbie and Rebecca Distributed by Holborne uncovers a distinctively Australian Sjonger. Explore Australia and Australasia, 2008 (15 min.). visual culture. Oceania. New York: Crabtree The magnificent Australian outback Pub. Co., 2007. is captured in all its harsh glory. Fredericks, Murray and Robert This book introduces Discover the arid beauty of the McFarlane. Murray Fredericks. Australia/Oceania, describing the Simpson Desert, visit billabongs and Redfern, Sydney: Boutwell landforms; the oceans, seas, and waterways teaming with spectacular Draper Gallery, 2007. lakes; climate; natural resources; wildlife and see the magic of Uluru, Catalogue for an exhibition held 24 plants; animals; countries; and The Olgas and Lake Eyre. October - 17 November 2007. people of rural and urban areas. Lake Eyre Basin Ministerial Forum (Australia). Scientific “Lake Eyre: Australia’s Outback Advisory Panel. Lake Eyre Basin Wonder.” A film by Ben Hawke

Delve Deeper into SALT A film by Michael Angus and Murray Fredericks

and Richard Kingsford. Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2010 (70 min.). Documentary capturing a once in a generation event--the flooding of Lake Eyre and the dramatic transformation of the dead heart of Australia. ABC News mounted two filming expeditions by helicopter to follow the floodwaters from north Queensland down the great outback rivers to Lake Eyre and record the amazing cycle of life. A story told through the eyes of one of Australia's leading environmental scientists, Professor Richard Kingsford and the people who've made their lives in the arid Lake Eyre Basin.

“Manufactured Landscapes: Edward Burtynsky.” Montreal: National Film Board of Canada, 2007 (90 min.). Directed by Jennifer Baichwal. Edward Burtynsky has gained international recognition for his photographs of what he calls manufactured landscapes. He argues that we have reached past the point now where we are at the mercy of the environment--our planet now lives and dies at our mercy. His sobering images are chilling and the film captures what industrialization is doing to man and the world as we know it.

“Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working With Time.” New York, NY: Distributed by New Video, 2004 (90 min.).Co-producers Trevor Daives andLeslie Hills; producer, Annedore v. Donop; director/cinematographer/edito r, Thomas Riedelsheimer. Follows Andy Goldsworthy's bohemian free spirit all over the world as he demonstrates and opens up about his creative process. From his long-winding rock walls and icicle sculptures to his interlocking leaf chains and multi- colored pools of flowers. Goldsworthy's art is made entirely of materials found in Mother Nature - who threatens and often succeeds in destroying his art, sometime before it is even finished.