Activating Truth @ Laughing Waters…

Greetings Everyone… A little bit about what I’ve been up to… Amy Spiers: Many of us knew each other from a residency last year at Bundanon. Activating Truth is a program of creative research activities bringing together First Peoples and settler artists and researchers from across Naarm/Melbourne, other parts of so-called ‘Australia’, as well asContinue reading “Activating Truth @ Laughing Waters…”

Yarning Circles with Culture Across Time…

Since 2020 I’ve been working with Culture Across Time as a community member participating in Yarning Circles. My sister Errolyn Strang owns and runs the company and runs cultural training programs, primarily for local  organisations, such as Big Fat Smile and BlueScope Steel. The training program includes allyship, cultural safety and Yarning Circles.  Yarning CirclesContinue reading “Yarning Circles with Culture Across Time…”

A profound reorganising of things… Conference Presentation 2023

Thanx for stopping by today! In November I was very fortunate to be part of a five day residency with Dr Jodi Edwards of the University of Wollongong and members of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,  at London on Art Museum.  During the course of our stay, we engaged with a number of OnContinue reading “A profound reorganising of things… Conference Presentation 2023”

LIVE DREAMS: CLOISTERED

Curated by Alex Wisser, 2022, LIVE DREAMS at the Performance Space was an amazing opportunity for emerging and experimental works! I took the opportunity to give voice to Sister Everywhen in a performance called, Bound. So much gratitude to Alex and the LIVE DREAMS program for this opportunity! Bound with Sister Everywhen, in is anContinue reading “LIVE DREAMS: CLOISTERED”

Koorie Wirguls & Jannawi Dance Clan: World Pride 2023

Good afternoon, thanx for stopping by! I get to contribute to some amazing gigs in the art world… Performing with Koorie Wirguls at this years World Pride is most definitely one of those! We rehearsed and rehearsed and then rehearsed some more to perform at the International Convention & Exhibition Centre in front of theContinue reading “Koorie Wirguls & Jannawi Dance Clan: World Pride 2023”

Urgently arting, a savage world civil…

Image: The Wrapped Coast, One Million Square Feet, Little Bay, Sydney, Australia (1969), Christo & Jeanne-Claude, Image: Art Gallery NSW: https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/, accessed: 09.10.2022. BCM 111 Global Media & Culture Assignment 2: Annotated Bibliography. Grade: 85/100. Title: Urgently Arting a Savage World, Civil. The Question: Discuss four key elements to building the rudimentary foundations of aContinue reading “Urgently arting, a savage world civil…”

Sister GlitterNullius: Empathy. X

BCM 111 Global Media & Culture Assignment 3: Empathy, 2022, Video Presentation & Script. Grade: HD 90/100. Concepts: 1. Networked, Indigenous Identity & Indigenous Art Activism, 2. Environmental Art Activism Intersectional Environmentalism, 3. Cultural Proximity, 4. Audience Access & Activation: Developing non-Indigenous Proximity & Engagement with Indigenous CulturalExpression. Explanatory Note:Video: Justin Hewitson recorded the videoContinue reading “Sister GlitterNullius: Empathy. X”

Popcorn Anyone?

 Image: Taste of Home: https://www.tasteofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/TOH-we-tried-social-nostalgia-popcorn-machine-Emily-Parulski.jpg BCM 111 Assignment 1: Blog 1/3: Question: What popular culture do you consume? Explain its popularity using one of the key theories. Use two academic sources from the Subject Readings, your own or a combination. Post to Twitter with #BCM111. Notice: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders, this blog contains imagesContinue reading “Popcorn Anyone?”

Shhh… the monster speaks the truth…the nun confesses!… Sister GlitterNullius’ Confession. X

Image: Kelly, Deborah, Norman, Sara Jane, 2021, Liturgy of the Saprophyte, Liturgy Cards for The Book of CREATION, 2022, Lead Artist, Deborah Kelly, https://www.creationtheproject.com/liturgy, Griffith University Art Museum, Griffith University, Brisbane QLD, Aust, https://www.creationtheproject.com/liturgy, accessed: 21.06.2022. BCM 110 Assignment 3 Title: Sister GlitterNullius: conceptualising the monstering through representation and the gaze of the Other. BlogContinue reading “Shhh… the monster speaks the truth…the nun confesses!… Sister GlitterNullius’ Confession. X”

Keeping Gate: Cementa 22 Festival

The ancient people are here, have always been here and it is time for you to come with us, because you are also ancestors of the future… what we make here… what we make together… From broken we heal, come with us… The ancient people are here & they want you with them…. Images: TheContinue reading “Keeping Gate: Cementa 22 Festival”