these words

Moorina Bonini, Rushdi Anwar and Sha Sawari

1 JUNE - 22 JUNE KINGS ARTIST RUN (2019)

these words considers how artists incorporate language into their practices, challenging the dominance of English in a linguistically diverse country such as Australia. The exhibition explores how language acts as both a unifying force and a barrier; an integral tool for understanding our own culture as well as the culture of others.

Yarning // these words is a new body of work presented by Moorina Bonini, writer Nadia Niaz text accompanies the exhibition:

on yarn

The weaver traces movement

Wrapping yarn around wood
thread on thread on thread wound
together the red of blood and country

Yarn wraps around country
around history and blood
through the language of spaces

Pulling earth and sound and song
around itself, drawing it down
like blood and history

Weaving fibrous articulations
of presence reminding you
of where you stand

when you stand on stolen land