Awakening Histories
Exhibition / Free / Australia
Dates & Times
6 Feb – 29 Mar
Tue – Sun 12pm – 5pm
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Free event
Location
PICA, 51 James St, Perth WA 6000
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Advisory Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this exhibition contains names, images, voices or representations of deceased persons.
A major exhibition of our times, Awakening Histories honours First Nations people’s longstanding histories of encounter and interaction with people, technologies, plants and ideas from across the seas.
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Presented with Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts and Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne
Artists Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Aziziah Diah Aprilya, Zaenal Beta, John Bulunbulun (Ganalbingu), Cian Dayrit, Gunybi Ganambarr (Naymil), Guan Wei, Colin Heenan- Purunatameri and Michelle Woody Minnapinni (Tiwi), Karrabing Film Collective, Abdi Karya/Sara, Jenna Lee (Larrakia, Wardaman and Karajarri), Dhambit Munuŋgurr (Djapu, Waṉḏawuy, Dhuwa), Ipeh Nur, Wilda Yanti Salam, Darrell Sibosado (Bard), Vickram Sombu, Bulthirrirri Wunuŋmurra (Dhaḻwaŋu), Mr N. Wunuŋmurra (Dhaḻwaŋu), Yumutjin Wunuŋmurra (Dhaḻwaŋu), Ms D. Yinupiŋu (Gumatj, Rrakpala) and others
Darrell Sibisado’s work is a Perth Festival commission for Boorloo Contemporary.
Curatorium Professor Rebecca Coates, MUMA; Amanda Haskard, MUMA; Dr David Haworth, Global Encounters Senior Research Officer, Monash University; Hannah Mathews, PICA; Dr Melanie Oliver, MUMA; Francis E. Parker, MUMA; Nurabdiansyah, Makassar State University; Professor Lynette Russell AM, Global Encounters Project Lead, Monash University; and Pierra Van Sparkes, formerly MUMA.
Awakening Histories has been informed by Monash University’s ARC Laureate project Global Encounters & First Nations Peoples: 1000 Years of Australian History.
Image Dhambit Munuŋgurr, Gunyaŋara 2025 (detail). Monash University Collection, Naarm/Melbourne. Image courtesy of Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Gadigal/Sydney. Photo: David Suyasa
