Libby Harward: Already Occupied
Thu, 26. Apr 2018
Abbotsford Convent
1 St Heliers St
Abbotsford
VIC
1 St Heliers St
Abbotsford
VIC
9AM - 5PM
FREE
FREE
Already Occupied is an ongoing project recoding signs of construction/destruction and "safety" to privilege an Aboriginal frame of reference. In this project, I use hi-vis to reveal a language which has always occupied this continent. Ochre and mud converse with fluorescent polymers in acts of way-finding. Star-pickets, concrete, road cones, polyester, twine and road signs are code-switched to speak of the relationship between exploited land and the material from which colonialism is constructed, turning the tools of occupation into a vocabulary of residence. I use this sign language to make temporary interventions on country that translate the embodied knowing of performance into a gestural syntax of sovereign listing.
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Libby Harward
re-calling - re-hearing - re-mapping - re-contextualising - de-colonising and re-instating on country that which was denied
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