The work of Indigenous artists needs to be understood through the clarifying lens of sovereignty and self-determination, not just in terms of assimilation, colonization and identity politics […] Sovereignty is the border that shifts Indigenous experience from victimized stance to a strategic one. — Jolene Rickard (2011, p. 478)
This section is a selection of r e a’s works: the archive contains works by r e a made between (1990 – 2016)
gins_leap / dubb_speak – multi-channel sensor driven, video and sound installation; completed in 2006.
Article by; Nicholls, C.J., 2006. r e a-framing landscape, memory and identity: an introduction to rea’s gins_leap/dubb_speak.
This work as 6 edits and all resources that is part of the creative editing of this completed work –
- r e a,
- Maria,
- Sharmaine,
- Susan &
- 2 x transition edits and an individual sound-scape for each edit);
maang series – three-channel video + sound installation; created between 2006 – 2007.
References:
ACMI Digital Library – https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/1280120.1280200
HAND IN HAND by Dr Jenny Fraser: The first exhibition of its kind, ‘Hand in Hand’ featured Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Maori, Samoan, Niuean and Fijian Artists based in Aotearoa, USA and Australia.
The 2008 annual Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative’s Sydney Mardi Gras exhibition was an opportunity for Indigenous artists across the Pacific to participate in a celebration of international standing through a program that openly challenged dominant views on sexuality.
The exhibition was also held in collaboration with the Performance Space @ CarriageWorks in Australia.
The artwork featured was a focus on non-conventional media including: the moving image, installation and also inter-disciplinary media including performance art, music and adornment.
The artists: Jeffery Samuels, Tracey Moffatt, Arone Raymond Meeks, r e a, Darrell Sibosado, Clinton Nain, Adrian Wills, Dianne Jones, Gary Lee, Moana Nepia, Niwhai Tupaea, Sionelagi Falemaka, Dan Taulapapa McMullin, Claudine Sartain, Salote Tawale & artist / curator: Jenny Fraser (AUS) & invited guest artist / curator Shigeyuki Kihara (NZ).
see r e a’s work on page 13…
This collection of works below also had individual sound-scapes for all –
- maang (blood) – single channel work,
- maang (Why?) – single channel work &
- maang (message stick) – three channel work;
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maang series – site responsive installation; Bundanon, part of SITEWORKS 2010 Artist Residency.
Journal Article: Gibbs, L. (2014). Arts-science collaboration, embodied research methods, and the politics of belonging: ‘SiteWorks’ and the Shoalhaven River, Australia. Cultural Geographies, 21(2), 207-227. (references to r e a’s work on page 2013-2014) https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1474474013487484
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garaarr (grass) – three-channel video + sound installation [individual sound-scapes] 2012.
This work is a multi-screen video and sound installation; original video and photos taken by re a; video created by re a in collaboration with Stephen Jones; sound collected and created by r e a Language used is from Gamilaraay (re a’s Language group)
garaarr (grass) was a Blacktown Arts Centre community arts project, curated by Andrea James & the local Indigenous community in collaboration with a group of weavers from the Boolarng Nangamai Aboriginal Art & Culture Studio at Gerringong; Kelli Ryan, Steven Russell (Dharawal) and Kristine Stewart (Yuin). I was commissioned to create a video work in response to the workshop & in collaboration with the participants.
garaarr (grass) link to Catalogue…
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