Exhibition:

One Red Blood - Gulpilil in the Landscape

Midnight in Paris Gallery, 71 High St, Prahran

May 1 st- June 13th, 2026

Doesn’t matter if you’re bird, snake, fish or kangaroo.

One Red Blood."

- David Gulpilil

Exhibition Statement

One Red Blood - is a tribute exhibition honouring the life and legacy of the late David Gulpilil Ridjimiraril Dalaithngu—actor, bridge builder, and Australian icon. Presented by Phoebe Marson Gulpilil, Damian Walshe-Howling, and Eamon Wyss, the exhibition brings together art, story and lineage to create a shared space where remembrance and imagination meet.

At its core, One Red Blood is guided by David Gulpilil’s belief that beneath our differences, we are all one red blood, with a shared responsibility to care for each other and the land we walk on. The exhibition takes this insight as the foundation for a new shared dreaming—not to replace ancient knowledge, but to create a meeting place between cultures. Understood as a way of listening, remembering, and imagining together, shared dreaming is a living process—one that not only honours what lies behind us, but explores how new stories can guide us forward.

Artist Contributions

Eamon Wyss

Eamon Wyss contributes a series of abstract aerial photography of Australian salt lakes, taken by drone, coincidentally the day David Gulpilil passed away. Unmanipulated and meditative, these images capture both the physical and dream-like contours of the land from above. Through his work, the land itself becomes the storyteller, revealing hidden stories shaped by time and the natural patterns of the landscape.

'Kingfisher'

'Gulpilil'

'Songline'

'Traverse'

Phoebe Marson Gulpilil

Phoebe Marson Gulpilil, David’s daughter, grounds the exhibition through her lineage, bringing an intimate connection to Country, community, and cultural responsibility. She continues her father’s legacy of connection and change through her consultancy work within community and policy, acting as a meeting point between traditional knowledge and contemporary dialogue, including her recent work alongside the Victorian Treaty.

- 'David Gulpilil's Hands' (2006) by Ross Honeysett

Damian Walshe-Howling

Damian Walshe-Howling contributes personal reflections drawn from his experience working with and directing David Gulpilil in his 2016 short film MESSiAH, filmed in the Northern Kimberley region of Western Australia. Through story, remembrance, and screenings of the film, Damian offers insight into David not only as a towering cultural figure, but as a collaborator, mentor, and unique human being, navigating the space between Indigenous and non-Indigenous worlds.

- MESSiAH (2016) Directed by Damian Walshe-Howling

Shared dreaming

One Red Blood offers a place to pause, listen, and come together. It honours David Gulpilil not only through remembrance, but by continuing the work he embodied—using story as a bridge, the land as teacher, and shared dreaming as a way of walking forward together.

Meet the artists

Phoebe Marson Gulpilil

Strategic Consultant

As a policy maker, Phoebe has led system reform projects that have made lasting impacts for First Nations communities. Through her experience across First Nations organisations, corporate and government, she bridges two worlds — the old and the new. Her work has found that achieving this balance is often more attainable than it seems.

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Damian Walshe-Howling

Actor, Director

Damian Walshe-Howling is an acclaimed Australian actor and director known for his AFI-award winning role as Andrew "Benji" Veniamin in Underbelly (2008) and his role in The Secret Life of Us. He has a extensive career in film, television, and theatre, including The Reef, Mystery Road, and Last King of the Cross.

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Eamon Wyss

Artist

Eamon Wyss is a Melbourne-based artist whose fine art drone photography is inspired by Australia’s ephemeral salt lakes. Transforming natural landscapes into abstract imagery, Wyss offers a fresh interpretation of traditional landscape photography. His work has been exhibited across Australia and is held in private collections around the world.

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