28 February 2020
Blacktown Arts has announced the arrival of the
exhibition; Terra inFirma. at the Leo Kelly Blacktown arts
Centre.
The exhibition and performance program explores
expansion, voyages, discoveries and atrocities and
coincides with the 250th commemorative year of James
Cook’s arrival in Botany Bay.
Terra inFirma reveals knowledge about our region and wider
cultural histories.
Blacktown City Mayor Tony Bleasdale OAM said the
exhibition features work by some of Australia’s most exciting
indigenous artists.
“Terra inFirma invites discussion and debate around the
many stories of exploration, discovery and our shared
cultural heritage,” Mayor Bleasdale said.
“Terra inFirma is an exciting three-part project which will take
place not only at the Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre, but
also in open spaces, laneways, schools and neighbourhoods
across the region.”
The year-long program examines how the arrival of James
Cook has impacted on the Dharug Peoples and communities
from our Asia Pacific region, now living in Blacktown. Central
to this program is the knowledge that this land was never
ceded.
Through personal journeys, intimate artworks and shared
experiences, this program presents James Cook’s arrival as
an act of transgression, offering perspectives beyond the
legacy of European expansion.
The first Terra inFirma exhibition in the series will be held
from 5 March – 23 May 2020.
Indigenous Australian artists include Dharug-Dharawal artist
Venessa Possum, presenting installation and video pieces
that explore murura (pathways), and the importance of water
as sustenance for generations of First Peoples; and Judy
Watson whose mix of video and painted works will reflect on
the atrocities and perpetrators of massacres from colonial
Australian history.
The exhibition will also feature First Nations artists hailing
from all around the globe, who now call Blacktown home.
The project’s second instalment, Terra inFirma 2 will run 11
June – 5 September, and will explore further themes in
rethinking our past and present.
For more information please
Event Details for the first instalment of Terra inFirma:
What: Terra inFirma Exhibition
When: 5 March – 23 May 2020
Where: The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre,
78 Flushcombe Rd, Blacktown NSW 2148
Price: FREE
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