CONGRATULATIONS TO HAYLEY MILLAR BAKER: 2O25 RECIPIENT OF THE GEORGES MORA FELLOWSHIP

Hayley Millar Baker has been awarded the 2O25 Georges Mora Fellowship for her project proposal ‘Blak Hauntology’. The project centres on how the past, present and future are impacted by the spectral presence of culture, memory and spirituality. Hayley will delve into the Library’s archives to engage with the collections through an Indigenous lens, to uncover what is recorded and omitted. The research will inform a major cinematic piece of work, where horror can be a vehicle for Indigenous storytelling, and where Indigenous women are not victims or ghosts of the past, but active agents of balance and transformation.

Sponsored by the State Library of Victoria, the Georges Mora Fellowship allows a contemporary artist to study, experiment and explore fresh thinking in their art. The fellowship includes $1O,OOO funding, as well as a year’s access to a desk and the library collections and staff expertise. Moreover, the fellowship helps recipients identify and apply for other local or international residencies and access to external people and organisations who can support their project with specialist knowledge.

We are so excited to see Hayley’s project unfurl.

Image: Hayley Millar Baker is announced as the recipient of 2O25 Georges Mora Fellowship.