Stopmotion animations by Fabian

These animations were drawn by Gold participant Fabian Hernandez. Fabian made these short films with the help of the Gold crew after our first visits to Boree Creek and the Hume Weir.

Fabian arrived from Chile a year ago and is currently doing year 12 at school. Over the past 12 months Fabian has worked with Gold, learnt English, and has found lots of good things have happened in his life. He is a talented artist and is interested in graffiti and street art. For these stopmotion film Fabian decided to experiment with charcoal and enjoyed shading with this medium. As Fabian drew from memory a single image was captured every 4 seconds while the drawing progressed.

The film below was made after the Gold team first visited Grahams farm ‘Oakvale’ in Boree Creek, NSW. It was the first time that Fabian had been to a farm in Australia. Two big differences he noticed were the drought tolerant saltbush shrubs in Grahams garden and the tractor out the front. These things are different to farms in Chile where its green and mountainous and where they mostly use bullocks and carts.

‘Spirit Gifts’ was made after Fabian and the Gold team first met Ray, a farmer and Gold participant from the Hume Weir in Victoria. Fabian chose this image because he felt it captured the ideas that Ray was discussing at the time about what the earth gives us and what we have to give back to maintain the balance.