Hello Newlands community.
On Thursday (eve) December 1st I'm screening a mixed media animation at the State Library of Victoria.
‘…No-longer a wandering spirit’ – animating kinship imaginaries of Bessy Flowers Minang Noongar woman
This event tells the story of my collaboration with two Australian Aboriginal family groups – Wirlomin Minang Noongar families from the Great Southern of Western Australia and Koorie families from eastern Victoria with a continued connection to the Lake Tyers Aboriginal Trust Bung Yarnda and the country of their ancestors. At the heart of this collaboration is the history of their ancestor Elizabeth Bessy Flowers held in a colonial archive for more than 150 years yet markedly absent from the stronghold stories of her Flowers Wirlomin Minang Noongar kin and Bryant Koorie descendants. It is about the Flowers and Bryant families reclaiming agency of Bessy’s memory through culturally framed imaginaries and enduring practices of kinship. Inspired by the childhood portrait of Bessy taken by a colonial settler in the early 1860’s the families share the collective experience of visiting historical sites that map their ancestor’s past and in doing so they emotionally reinstate a place for Bessy’s memory within everyday stories of identity. Most significantly Bessy is spiritually returned to the resting place of her Minang Noongar ancestors – a site of breathtaking beauty that is Noongar boodja (country).
The event is free but you need to RSVP. I'll post the e-flyer at the end of this month.
In the meantime I've put together a POZZIBLE campaign to raise funds for the last part of the project. The mixed media animation has been funded by City of Melbourne Arts Grants Program. The $3000 campaign is to support the Noongar and Koorie families participating in the event.
I'm happy to add one or two logos (individual, community group or organisation) to the end of the mixed media animation if you are able to financially support this event. The project will be permanently housed on the SLV website and used for student education in schools and universities in 2017. The other sponsors are the SLV, Hugh Williamson Foundation and the City of Melbourne Arts Grants Program. Individual donations are also most welcome!!
The campaign link is: https://pozible.com/proje
For more information (or a preview of the project if you would like to be a sponsor) please contact Sharon on 0412 322 483.
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