Matt Everitt | Resonance - Dreamtime Art Creative Consultancy

ARTIST: Matt Everitt c.1976 –
TITLE: Resonance
LANGUAGE/REGION: Taungurung VIC
YEAR: 2026
DIMENSIONS: 120.0cm x 90.0cm
MEDIUM: digital art, print
DTA CATALOGUE: #resonance

Matt is a proud Taungurung man of the Kulin from Central Victoria, Australia. He is currently a board member of ACMI (Australian Centre of Moving Image). He was a former board member of Kinaway – Chamber of Commerce. He has had roles as a council member for the Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions (DJPR), Victorian Aboriginal Employment and Economic Council (VAEEC), Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) Victorian Summit Future of Commerce and Industry Vision 2050 – Thought Leadership reference group and graduate of Leadership Victoria Williamson Community Program and Australian Institute of Company Directors (governance).

His mission is to play a positive and impactful role within First Nations communities and aspiring to be a great role model for other Aboriginal people and his children. He strongly advocates for First Nations voices to be heard, influence decision-making, and policy design, giving space, agency, equity, trust, respect and legacy allowing our people to lead our conversations and decision-making.

Resonance

Resonance reimagines message sticks and scar trees as the first broadcast network, ancient carriers of lore (law), identity, and place, woven into today’s community radio and broadcasting landscapes.

Across the canvas, travelling chevrons and diamond motifs trace journey lines that speak of movement: old paths carved by ancestors and new lines of connection created by voices on air. These lines converge at meeting circles, where people sit together, listening and sharing, turning stories into waves that ripple outward to audiences near and far.

Anchored by river pathways and waterholes, the composition uses scar tree silhouettes as waypoints and message sticks as narrative chapters. These elements intersect to show two-way learning and co-design, echoing CBF’s commitment to amplifying First Nations voices through truth-telling and culturally safe participation. The mark-making is contemporary yet grounded, reflecting a sector that is inventive, hands-on, and welcoming, where stations feel like communal camps and everyday pride is celebrated and strengthened.

Figures gathered in circles represent Elders’ wisdom alongside youth voices, listening first before speaking, ensuring that local languages and cultural knowledge travel across borders and Countries. The artwork invites viewers to see community broadcasting as a modern songline, a living network that honours tradition while embracing the vibrant, on-air present.

It is both a map and a promise, that voices from Country are not only preserved but amplified, weaving stronger relationships between people and place, city and bush, past and future.

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