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Next Wave x (nexus)
Next Wave x (nexus) is a multi-sensory Radical hospitality event of experimental dance battles, cuisines and a party.
Across the Ocean: Viet Thanh Nguyen in Conversation with Nam Le
The Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network is thrilled to host an evening with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen in conversation with Nam Le.
Archive
International Women's Day Performance
Our Young Artistic Directorate are co-curating a party in partnership with Brunswick Music Festival
Radical Hospitality: 剉冰 + equatorial fruit-opening party
Dead Ends and Detours - Bruno Booth
Leisuretime I — Aaron Claringbold & Rebecca Mccauley
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The Revolution Will Not Be Aestheticised
Sat 9 Jul –– Sat Aug 13
Opening event: Sat Jul 9, 4-6pm
📍 Metro Arts
How do we see the world around us, when the dominant contemporary visual language is determined by colonial histories and capital?
In The Revolution Will Not Be Aestheticised artist Warraba Weatherall considers the way that scientific and cultural perspectives inform contemporary cultural knowledge systems and forms of representation. Researched through archival materials, Australian politics, and Indigenous knowledges, the exhibition encourages a deeper insight into the construction and transmission of Indigenous knowledge systems and its direct influence in shaping social, political and cultural futures. In assessing how cultural archetypes are maintained throughout society, Weatherall builds on an existing dialogue of contemporary cultural identity to consider what encourages a healthy cultural continuum.
Including film and paintings, the artist juxtaposes the complexities of his own Kamilaroi heritage and prescribed cultural aesthetics.
Keep an eye on Metro’s website for events and activities related to this exhibition.
Accessibility to the venue
Metro Arts (West Village) is a wheelchair accessible venue. Please refer to the Metro Arts website for more information about access.
Artist bio
Warraba Weatherall is a Kamilaroi visual artist, Lecturer at Griffith University and DVA candidate, who is currently based in Meanjin (Brisbane). Warraba’s artistic practice has a specific interest in archival repositories and structures, and the life of cultural materials and knowledges within these environments.
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body and is the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.
The Revolution Will Not Be Aestheticised was co-commissioned by Next Wave and Metro Arts for Next Wave Festival 2020.
Courtesy of the artist.