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In discussion with kith and kin  

Creative Australia partnered with ArtReview to host ‘In Discussion with kith and kin’ on 18 April 2024 at Fondazione Querini Stampalia in Venice. 

This panel series brought together renowned artists, curators, journalists, and writers from around the world. The discussions focused on art’s role in abolition movements and the preservation of First Nations languages, two central themes in Archie Moore’s kith and kin

Session One: Art for Abolition – watch livestream 

Speakers:  

  • Lorena Allam (Yuwalaraay and Gamilaraay), Indigenous Affairs Editor for Guardian Australia 
  • Gülsün Karamustafa, Türkiye Pavilion artist 
  • Hank Willis Thomas, artist and co-founder of For Freedoms, a US-based artist-run platform for civic engagement, discourse and direct action  
  • Moderated by Fi Churchman, Editor at ArtReview 

Session Two: Enacting First Languages – watch livestream 

Speakers:  

  • Dr. heather ahtone (Choctaw/Chickasaw Nation), Director of Curatorial Affairs at First Americans Museum, Oklahoma City  
  • Denilson Baniwa, Arissana Pataxó and Gustavo Caboco Wapichana, curators of the Hãhãwpuá (Brazilian) Pavilion Ziel Karapotó, Hãhãwpuá (Brazilian) Pavilion Artist 
  • Translation by Jamille Pinheiro Dias and Lúcia Sa  
  • Moderated by Daniel Browning (Bundjalung and Kullilli), Journalist and Editor of Indigenous Radio at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation 
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We acknowledge the many Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and honour their Elders past and present.

We respect their deep enduring connection to their lands, waterways, and surrounding clan groups since time immemorial. We cherish the richness of First Nations peoples’ artistic and cultural expressions. We are privileged to gather on this Country and to share knowledge, culture and art, now and with future generations.

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