Embassy event
Protest and Resistance: Helena Gulash, Les Malezer and Bob Weatherall
11-12:30pm Saturday 20 April 2024
Join us at the Embassy for a discussion about fighting colonial occupation on the front lines. Using the Brisbane Commonwealth Games land rights protests of 1982 and Richard Bell’s painting Kessel Road Protest 2022 as a starting point, our panel will discuss the history, legacy and future of collective protest and resistance.
Panellists include Helena Gulash, Les Malezer and Bob Weatherall.
This session will be held in Richard Bell's Embassy, an itinerant roving embassy made in homage to the audacity and strength of the first Aboriginal Tent Embassy pitched on the grounds of Parliament House, Canberra in 1972.
Presented for OCCURRENT AFFAIR, a UQ Art Museum exhibition touring with Museums & Galleries of NSW. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its arts funding and advisory body.
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Installation view of Richard Bell Kessel Road Protest 2022. Synthetic polymer paint on canvas. Courtesy of the artist and Milani Gallery, Meanjin (Brisbane). Photo: Carl Warner
Closing event
The Blak Laundry Takeover Richard Bell's Embassy
11-1pm Saturday 5 May 2024
Join local laundros Libby Harward (Quandamooka) and Dom Chen (Gamilaroi) for a Blak Laundry takeover. The Blak Laundry is a functional laundromat, living artwork and ‘relational enterprise’ celebrating all things Blak.
Bring your washing, bring your banggu ($$) and help share the load.
This agitation session will be held in Richard Bell's Embassy, an itinerant roving embassy made in homage to the audacity and strength of the first Aboriginal Tent Embassy pitched on the grounds of Parliament House, Canberra in 1972.
Presented for OCCURRENT AFFAIR, a UQ Art Museum exhibition touring with Museums & Galleries of NSW. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its arts funding and advisory body.
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The Blak Laundry. Photo: Ketakii Jewson-Brown