Guest artist PAOLA BALLA
joins Jillian Knipe for this special edition of ART FICTIONS | Culture Exchange which is part of the UK/Australia Season, a partnership between the British Council and the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Paola and I discuss colonisation in a place widely known as Australia, and its corresponding cost to herself, her family and her extensively long ancestral lineage, via poet Ellen van Neerven's 'Comfort Food' published in 2016.
We dive into Ellen's magically rich text as she describes the simplest of dishes alongside racist cruelty. All with the upper hand of calm reflection and a delicious dollop of sensuality.
Paola is extremely generous in sharing her stories of Indigenous hardship which she relays with clarity, humour and warmth . Our conversation expands on Paola's art practice which includes sculptural installation, curation and academia. We hear of the nature of bush dying and the shocking reality of forced encampment of her people, which continued into recent history. Paola shares her take on the mythological Mok Mok with her wild hair and no underwear, as she serves up well meaning treats in track pants and stilettos.
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EXHIBITIONS
'Treaty' 2021
'Wilam Biik' 2021
WORKS
'Banner Time' 2021
'Murrup (Ghost) Weaving in Rosie Kuka Lar (Grandmother's Camp)' 2021
'Unconditional Love Space' 2020
BOOKS & WRITERS
Ellen van Neerven 'Comfort Food'
ARTISTS
Vernon Ah Kee
Madeleine Kelly 'Spectra of Birds' 2014-2015
CULTURE EXCHANGE - Ghostly Tales and Artistic Lineage (Richard Ayodeji Ikhide)
CULTURE EXCHANGE - Human Vessels and Architectural Fragments (NIKA NEELOVA)
Welcome to Art Fictions CULTURE EXCHANGE !
Mechanical Bodies and Dissected Detritus (HOLLY HENDRY)
Shadowy Nuance and Colourful Movement (FIONA GRADY)
Edged Forms and Rhythmic Waves (HANNAH HUGHES)
Embodied Violence and Persistent Ambivalence (LUKE BURTON)
Bold Resilience and Rightful Restoration (KAREN McLEAN)
Contemplative Cracks and Lo-Fi Tech (DEAN KENNING)
Seductive Feathers and Brutal Beasts (KATE MccGWIRE)
Meandering Mourning and Collaged Reality (FIONA CURRAN)
Theatrical Forms and Shifting Times (LINDSAY SEERS)
Earthly Nourishment and Landscape Potential (LIZ ELTON)
Makeshift Staging and Might Happens (MILLY PECK)
Welcome to 2021 with a special Guest Host !
CECILIA CHARLTON (and Italo Calvino)
HANNAH BROWN (and WH Auden)
DANIEL STURGIS (and Nicholson Baker)
FRANCES RICHARDSON (and Virginia Woolf)
JANE HAYES GREENWOOD (and Maggie Nelson)
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