From Sicily to Peppimenarti: An Exchange Residency

The Istituto Italiano di Cultura is pleased to present a project based an exchange of experiences between Sicily and Australia. In particular, the presentation will illustrate an exchange of art residencies which took place in July this year between Sicily (at the Fondazione Brodbeck in Catania and at the Museo Palazzo Riso in Palermo) and Australia between the 20th of September and the 2nd of October at Durrmu Arts, in the Aboriginal community of Peppimenarti, Northern Territory. The aim of the project is to address the potential of innovative cultural practices in places that are remote or peripheral, with an expanded notion of Global South, through a real cultural exchange between artists from the two countries. The participating artists, who will attend the evening, are: Regina Pilawuk Wilson, a Ngan’ngikurrungurr woman, senior artist and cultural director of Durrmu Arts, Steaphan Paton, an artist from the Gunai and Monero Nations based in Melbourne, and Giuseppe Lana, a Sicilian artist who lives and works between Catania and London. The project is part of Miriam La Rosa’s PhD research at the University of Melbourne and has been curated in collaboration with Kade McDonald, Executive Director of Durrmu Arts.