ResourceMeet 'The Commute'

Meet 'The Commute'

Sarah Biscarra Dilley, Freja Carmichael, Léuli Lunaʻi Eshraghi, Tarah Hogue, and Lana Lopesi 

25 March, 2018

In 2018 the IMA invited five Indigenous curators from across the Great Ocean to develop a series of exhibitions and programs in collaboration with indigenous artists. The group will share recent work, discuss their project, The Commute, and announce the commissioned artists featured in the project this September-December.

The Commute is developed by Sarah Biscarra Dilley (yak tityu tityu yak tiłhini Northern Chumash, Chicana), Freja Carmichael (Quandamooka), Léuli Lunaʻi Eshraghi (Sāmoa), Tarah Hogue (Métis, Dutch Canadian) and Lana Lopesi (Samoa).

The project asserts complex, wide-ranging, contemporary Indigenous experiences including deep ancestral knowledges and global connections.

In this afternoon presentation, the distinctive perspectives of the visiting curators were shared and the formation of the project was discussed.

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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