Event Olivia Adams: Still Standing

Olivia Adams: Still Standing

Performance

Performance

23 September 2023
12–1pm

Reflecting on the themes of placemaking in Rainbow Serpent (Version), Olivia Adams (Wulli Wulli) responds to imposing and grotesque imagery used by the colony. In this performance, Adams considers the colonial architecture of Meanjin/Brisbane, using contemporary movement to reclaim the city space.

  • Partner:

    Presented in partnership with Digi Youth Arts and Brisbane Festival.

Guest Info

  • Olivia Adams is a Wulli Wulli dancer, choreographer, and producer. She has worked as a producer for BlakDance and performed with Digi Youth Arts, Polytoxic, Bangarra Dance Theatre’s youth program Rekindling, as a part of Richard Bell’s Tent Embassy (2013–ongoing) at documenta fifteen, Kassel, Germany (2022), and Karul Project’s SILENCE (2022).

'Daniel Boyd: Rainbow Serpent (Version)', Gropius Bau, Berlin, 2023. Photo: Luca Girardini.

The Institute of Modern Art acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land upon which the IMA now stands, the Jagera, Yuggera, Yugarapul, and Turrbal people. We offer our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the first artists of this country. In the spirit of allyship, the IMA will continue to work with First Nations people to celebrate, support, and present their immense past, present, and future contribution to artistic practice and cultural expression.

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