Geography of heart Australia

Geography of Heart: Australia places Australia at the centre of a heart-shaped world. Created using the Bonne projection and generated through 1,000-kilometre distance intervals, the work reframes Australia's position within the Pacific, highlighting connections across East Asia, Oceania, and the Americas. The surrounding field of concentric textures recalls the rhythms of Country—echoing landforms, water, growth, and movement across the landscape. Combining cartography with painterly surface and relief-like texture, the artwork transforms measured distance into an expression of belonging, inviting viewers to reflect on Australia's place in the world and their own geography of connection.

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Dr Ata Tara is a Brisbane-based artist, landscape architect, and academic whose practice explores the creative capacities of mapping in art. Through his distinctive GeoArt practice, he transforms geographic data, cartographic projections, and spatial patterns into visual narratives that reveal new ways of seeing the world.

Drawing on his expertise in landscape architecture, environmental planning, and spatial analysis, Ata's work investigates themes of place, identity, climate resilience, biodiversity, and the relationship between nature and culture. His artworks reinterpret maps beyond their conventional function, using them as expressive tools to communicate emotion, memory, and environmental change.

By bridging art, science, and design, Ata creates works that invite audiences to engage with landscapes from multiple perspectives and reflect on the interconnected systems that shape our environment. His practice seeks to foster dialogue about our relationship with place and inspire deeper awareness of the challenges and opportunities facing communities in a changing world.