Here you’ll find a selection of research, writing and interviews.
Master of Arts Exegesis
This exegesis is an updated document submitted as part of my Master of Arts degree, accompanying the photobook and installation Do Brumbies Dream in Red?. It outlines a practice-led investigation into ecological collapse, colonial history, and interspecies entanglement, grounded in the context of the 2019–2020 Australian bushfires and the Snowy Mountains brumby. The work spans photography, moving image, sound, and publication design to examine how the brumby operates as both a cultural myth and an ecological presence shaped by human intervention.
Drawing on the ecological frameworks of Timothy Morton and Donna Haraway, the exegesis considers how human and nonhuman systems are entangled through histories of colonisation, environmental transformation, and ongoing ecological crisis. It reflects on the development of the project across research, fieldwork, and exhibition, positioning artistic practice as a method for thinking through ecological grief, responsibility, and new forms of relationality within the more-than-human world.
Alison Stieven-Taylor in conversation with Tom Goldner
An interview exploring the ideas and making of Do Brumbies Dream in Red? by Alison Stieven‑Taylor, originally produced for L’Oeil de la Photographie.
Matt Dunne and Tom Goldner discuss Matt’s recent project The Killing Sink
An in‑conversation interview with Matt Dunne and Tom Goldner, reflecting on practice, photography, and contemporary image‑making, originally published by Photo Collective.
Do Brumbies Dream in Red? — C4 Journal
A critical feature by Matt Dunne examining Do Brumbies Dream in Red?, situating the project within ecological, cultural, and historical contexts following the 2019–20 Australian bushfires, published by C4 Journal.
Do Brumbies Dream in Red? — Australian Photographers’ Journal
In conversation with Cameron Cope for Australian Photographers’ Journal examining Do Brumbies Dream in Red?, framing the project through questions of environment, colonial history, and the brumby as a contested Australian icon.
Those Left Behind: Tom Goldner’s Ghostly Australian Landscapes — British Journal of Photography
A feature by Isaac Huxtable published by 1854 Photography (British Journal of Photography) examining Do Brumbies Dream in Red? as a multidisciplinary response to the aftermath of Australia’s 2019–20 bushfires
Plumwood — Photo Collective Magazine
A reflective interview exchange between Rory King and Tom Goldner, published in Photo Collective Magazine (Issue 003), developed through correspondence with Rory King in response to their photobook titled Plumwood.
Do Brumbies Dream in Red? — Art Blart
An exhibition review by Dr Marcus Bunyan, published on Art Blart, critically examining Do Brumbies Dream in Red? and its engagement with ecology, fire, and the Snowy Mountain brumby within contemporary Australian photographic practice.
Collaborative Nature — Photo Review
A feature by Don Norris published in Photo Review (#101) examining Tom Goldner’s collaborative, expanded‑documentary practice through Do Brumbies Dream in Red?, reflecting on process, authorship, and the role of curiosity, collaboration, and ambiguity in contemporary photographic storytelling.
Do Brumbies Dream in Red? — Thisispaper
A feature by Alexander Zaxarov, published by Thisispaper, presenting Do Brumbies Dream in Red? as a research‑driven, expanded documentary project exploring environmental change, colonial histories, and the brumby as a contested symbol within the Australian landscape.
The Crimson Thread — Photo Collective Magazine
In‑conversation with Erin Lee and Tom Goldner, published in Photo Collective Magazine (Issue 006), exploring Lee’s project The Crimson Thread. The piece examines colonial symbolism, national memory, and the lingering structures of power embedded within everyday Australian landscapes and institutions.
