Esteemed South Australian photographers Trent Parke and Narelle Autio are partners in life and have a knack for creating images that, while drawn from the everyday, resonate with alluring depth and drama. They are particularly adept—each in their different way—at telling uniquely Australian stories and bringing alive the beauty and idiosyncrasy of life lived in our own natural and cultural environments.

In their creative collaboration, The Summation of Force, Parke and Autio turn their gaze to the possibilities of filmic narrative, and look to family and sport for subject material.

A multi-channel video work that pitches competitive sport and the mythical power of cricket as a metaphor for life and parenthood, The Summation of Force is no less than a Lynchian suburban dreamscape. It is a paean to collective dreams, youthful determination and the bonds that sporting ambition can create both within families and nations.   

The Summation of Force by Trent Parke and Narelle Autio in association with Closer Productions and the Adelaide Film Festival, is presented by the Samstag Museum of Art for the SALA Festival.

Read the catalogue: The The Summation of Force by Gideon Haigh.