Decolonising Visual Culture on Nyungar Boodjah (expired event)

To launch the 2021 ‘In Visible Ink’ Symposium, conversations are discussed around the themes of deconstruction and reconstruction of visual and civic culture.

The Black Lives Matter movement transformed global consciousness in 2020, bringing questions relating to the stories visible in our civic and popular culture to the stage as statues and monuments around the world tumbled. In solidarity with the protests, the names of some of the hundreds of Indigenous people who have died in custody were projected on a landmark sculpture in Walyalup (Fremantle) during 2020, bringing into focus place, visibility, history and the resonance of the BLM movement in Western Australia. From a powerful opening conversation led by Aboriginal women and women of colour, to a dynamic panel discussion on the reconstruction and reclamation of sidelined cultural identities through subverting music, design and pop culture, we conclude with a series of outdoor projections and playlist that speak to the ongoing history of deconstruction and appropriation of cultures. Join the Museum of Freedom and Tolerance and special guests on a multi-sensory journey as we provoke our audience to question the visibility of dominant civic and cultural landscapes and landmarks, learn how to see differently, and actively seek a fairer and more just approach to systemic racism, discrimination, incarceration and inequality.