Exhibition Archive
2018
Blak Dot Gallery presents an exhibition of Frances Tapueluelu’s works - produced in Melbourne following a nine-year stint as a social worker in remote outback communities. A formative time during which Tapueluelu was so emotionally, psychologically and physically affected by her job that she completely detached from her creativity.
A sinking feeling (the politics of risk) will explore the relationship between both the artist and curator's dependence on funding bodies and how that affects the likelihood of creating work that takes risks or offers critiques. The exhibition will engage with the potential 'freedom' that is a by-product of working freelance within the arts in Australia.
A joint exhibition with artists Peter Waples-Crowe and Megan Evans
OPENING THURSDAY 16TH AUGUST 6PM - 8PM
A solo exhibition by Lisa Hilli; Trade beads or slave beads, were used globally by European colonists as a mechanism for the exploitation of labour and goods, they were also used by missionaries for building rapport with indigenous people of the land…
Will veracity or idealism reign supreme when we take responsibility for the effects of both on our country and our wellbeing?
Opens Thursday March 22 – 6.30pm – 8.30pm
“In October 2017 I went to the Te Roopu Raranga Whatu o Aotearoa (National Weavers Hui) in Rotoura, Aotearoa (New Zealand). It was my first weaving hui (meeting). Over three days I laughed, ate, saw amazing taonga (treasures) and learnt more about weaving and myself than I can describe in words.
Exhibition continues Friday 23rd March until Sunday April 8
EXHIBITING ARTISTS:
ANDREW ALLISTER | IAN CHAN |TIA SHEN | LOUIS SLAMOWICZ | SAHARAT MIKE SRIMUANG | DUYEN TRAN | YUSI ZANG & DUDU YANG
‘Blak-Queer Futurism’ re-establishes Queer Indigenous speculative futures from here and abroad, drawing upon resilience, knowledge and spirituality.