An Exchange Residency between Sicily and Australia

Talk with Miriam La Rosa, Kate Mcdonald, Regina Pilawuk Wilson, Steaphan Paton and Giuseppe Lana. The talk will discuss an exchange residency between Sicily (at Fondazione Brodbeck, Catania, FARM Cultural Park, Favara, and Museo Palazzo Riso, Palermo) and Australia (at Durrmu Arts, in the Aboriginal community of Peppimenarti, Northern Territory). The project addresses the potential of innovative cultural practices in places that are remote or peripheral to national and mainstream agendas with an expanded notion of the Global South. The participating artists are Regina Pilawuk Wilson (Ngan’ngikurrungurr woman, senior artist and Cultural Director of Durrmu Arts), Steaphan Paton (Gunai and Monero Nations artist based in Melbourne), and Giuseppe Lana (artist born in Sicily who lives and works between Catania and London). The project is part of Miriam La Rosa’s PhD research at the University of Melbourne (supervisors Profs Charles Green and Ian McLean) and is curated with Kade McDonald, Executive Director, Durrmu Arts. This talk is related to the exhibition ‘Preservation is an act of political warfare. An exchange artists residency between Sicily and Australia’, opening at CO.AS.IT. on November 12. Guided tours on November 16 and 21. Supported by: Australia Council for the Arts; The University of Melbourne; Durrmu Arts Aboriginal Corporation; The Italian Cultural Institutes in Sydney and Melbourne; and CO.AS.IT. Carlton. FREE EVENT.