This program is fully booked. To be added to the waitlist, please email ngvenquiries@ngv.vic.gov.au.
A limited number of complimentary tickets are reserved for First Nations Community. Tickets are offered on a first come, first served basis until the allocation is exhausted. Email ngvenquiries@ngv.vic.gov.au to request a complimentary ticket.
Marking the opening of Wurrdha Marra at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, the NGV presents the inaugural Wurrdha Marra Conversation, an annual event exploring important issues facing First Nations communities and featuring First Nations voices who are leading contemporary discourse.
The name, Wurrdha Marra – meaning ‘Many Mobs’ in the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung language, comes to the NGV from the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation and supports the purpose of this exhibition in sharing the work of First Nations artists, from emerging to senior figures, and across time and place.
The event, hosted by journalist, broadcaster and author Daniel Browning, invites important reflection on the value of strengths-based storytelling and First Nations knowledge systems.
Includes an opportunity to view the exhibition from 5.30–7pm and a drink on arrival generously provided by event sponsor Four Pillars.
Generously supported by the Ullmer Family Foundation as part of Resonance: Truth Telling at NGV.
MODERATOR
Daniel Browning is a First Nations writer, journalist, radio broadcaster, sound artist and documentary maker. He is currently the ABC’s Editor Indigenous Radio and manages the long-standing flagship programs Awaye and Speaking Out. His first book Close to the Subject explores the strengths-based approach that defines his journalism over the past three decades.
SPEAKERS
Kent Morris is a Barkindji artist living on Yalukit Willam Country. Through a variety of digital and three-dimensional processes, Kent engages audiences by manipulating the built environment, technology and nature into new forms that reflect Indigenous knowledge systems reshaping western frameworks, exploring complex histories and First Nations cultural continuity since time immemorial. Kent’s work provides a considered space for the exchange of stories, histories, images and insights, and gives visual representation to that which is often unseen. His art practice explores identity, connection to place and the continuing evolution of cultural practices whilst engaging audiences to question long held frames of reference.
Rona Glyn-McDonald is a Kaytetye woman who grew up in Mparntwe on Arrernte Country. With ties to storytelling, economics and narrative change, Rona works with First Nations organisations to shape future systems that centre First Nations people, knowledge and solutions. Rona is the founding CEO of Common Ground and Director of First Nations Futures. Through her work with First Nations communities across Australia, Rona aims to create future systems that centre First Nations people, knowledge and cultures.
Keemon Williams is a queer Meanjin (Brisbane) based artist of Koa, Kuku Yalanji and Meriam Mir descent. He utilises an array of mediums old and new to expand his relationships with location, personal histories and cultural plasticity. Through practice he forges belonging within all parts of the self.