Hawson's of Eyre Peninsula features a snippet of the Hawson family, one of the earliest white settler families on Eyre Peninsula. The Hawson's arrived in Port Lincoln in 1839 and the family gradually moved further afield. Coloured and animated historical photographs were used in this project.
This animation was part of the Port to Port project developed and displayed by illuminart between 2016 and 2019 in regional South Australia. The animations were projected onto large outdoor architectural surfaces such as grain silos and buildings across multiple towns and venues throughout the state. Called Travelling Light, the culminating show won Australia's Best Regional Event at the 2020 Australian Event Awards on 21 October 2020.
The primary animation action occurs in the centre of the video. Since not all buildings were the same shape and size the square template enabled the main action to be viewed across all buildings.
