NAIDOC Week 2021: Heal Country
Ricky Maynard, The Healing Garden, Wybalenna, Flinders Island, Tasmania, from the series Portrait of a distant land, 2005, Art Gallery of New South Wales © Ricky Maynard. Licensed by Copyright Agency
The 2021 theme – Heal Country – calls for all of us to continue to seek greater protections for our lands, our waters, our sacred sites and our cultural heritage from exploitation, desecration, and destruction. Country is more than a place and inherent to our identity. Country is sentient. Country sustains our lives in every aspect - spiritually, physically, emotionally, socially, and culturally.
Join us to celebrate NAIDOC Week through artist interviews, art-making, performances and more.
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Making bush brushes and monoprints with Judy Watson
Gather from the garden to create intricately beautiful art with natural materials!
Filming on Jagera/Turrbal Country, Waanyi artist Judy Watson gives a step-by-step guide to bush brush techniques and organic monoprint impressions, showing ways to bring artworks alive with detail and texture.
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Performance: Energised
Yuin musician JWPATON, who is based on Durug Country, Western Sydney, traverses a multi-layered shifting sonic terrain in this excerpt from 'Diffraction', an improvised dialogue with Wona Bae and Charlie Lawler’s installation Regenerator 2021, exhibited as part of The National 2021: New Australian Art.
Recorded live on Wednesday 12 May 2021, JWPATON’s deep sub-drones and pitch-bent sparse guitar tones are digitally processed, creating a visceral warped ambience.
