Opening of the Gallery’s largest contemporary Indigenous art exhibition, My Country, I Still Call Australia Home: Contemporary Art from Black Australia
Saturday 1st of June: Opening of the Gallery’s largest contemporary Indigenous art exhibition, My Country, I Still Call Australia Home: Contemporary Art from Black Australia, which features more than 300 works by over 115 Indigenous artists from across the country.
Celebrate the opening weekend of My Country, I Still Call Australia Home by enjoying a day of discussions, workshops and talks by artists, performers, writers and curators. All events are free.
11.30am | Meet the Artist: Gordon Hookey | Children’s Art Centre, Park Level
Meet Gordon Hookey and explore the Kangaroo Crew interactive exhibition in the Children’s Art Centre.
12noon | Artist talk: Archie Moore
Archie Moore provides insights into his series of works On a Mission from God 2012.
12.30pm | ‘Welcome to Country’ discussion | Cinema B
Hetti Perkins (host), Megan Cope, Michael Cook and Fiona Foley explore the different ways that country is expressed through contemporary art.
1.30pm | Artist talk
Reko Rennie speaks about his site-specific installation Trust the 2% 2013 on display in the GOMA foyer.
2.00–3.00pm | Live Broadcast | GOMA Stage
Live broadcast with RN’s Weekend Arts Host Sarah Kanowski. Featuring exhibition curator Bruce McLean, Curator, Indigenous Australian Art, QAGOMA, My Country publication authors and artists, with a special acoustic performance from musician Bunna Lawrie (Coloured Stone).
3.00pm | ‘My History’ discussion | Cinema B
Brenda L Croft (host), Gordon Hookey, Douglas Watkin and Judy Watson discuss the significance of oral histories, archives and historical events for Indigenous artists.
4.00pm | Film Screening | Cinema A
Essie Coffey My Survival as an Aboriginal 1978 (51 mins), part of the Australian Cinémathèque program My Life as I Live It: First Peoples and Black Cinema
5.30pm | My Country Up Late
Celebrate the opening of My Country, I Still Call Australia Home: Contemporary Art from Black Australia with a night of music, and a chance to see the exhibition after hours. At ‘My Country’ Up Late, enjoy special musical performances by Archie Roach, together with the Medics and special guest Bunna Lawrie (Coloured Stone).