Aborn: Kaarl boorn

We’re celebrating the borderless creative thinking of Aboriginal and First Nations artists with a new initiative. Discover transformative, immersive experiences from artists who are facilitating the most important conversations of our time. 

Now in its third year, Boorloo Contemporary brings together First Nations artists making, questioning and reshaping contemporary art in bold and unexpected ways. The program champions ambitious new ideas and gives artists the opportunity to experiment across form, places and scale. From major public works to intimate exhibitions, Boorloo Contemporary brings First Nations contemporary art into unexpected spaces across the city.

Kait James’ Blak Flags is back, while John Prince Siddon takes the Power Station Commission into its next chapter. Kwop Ben returns with a takeover of Boorloo Bridge, alongside a series of exhibitions, commissions and presentations across Perth’s galleries and arts spaces.

Together, these works reflect the breadth of First Nations contemporary practice today – ambitious, playful, challenging, deeply personal and always evolving.

Dr Richard Walley OAM
Richard is a Noongar man and one of Australia’s leading Aboriginal performers, musicians and writers. He is a working director of his family-owned business, Aboriginal Productions and Promotions, which delivers cultural awareness and learning programs and has been in operation for over 25 years.

Richard is a committed leader in the promotion of Noongar culture, and has extensive experience working alongside Australian and international organisations as a cultural consultant and presenter. He lectures on Aboriginal culture at UWA and is a regular host and participant at significant public and cultural events in Perth and the South West.

In 1978, Richard formed the Middar Aboriginal Theatre which has since taken Noongar culture to 32 countries. It is estimated more than 10 million people have experienced a live performance from Middar, contributing to the company’s win of the 1988 Gold Swan Tourism Award. In 2015, Richard was named a State Living Treasure from the Western Australia Department of Culture and the Arts for his lifetime contribution to arts and culture.