True to its name the exhibition Bamiyarra Not So Still(s) has been far from still. Over the past year it’s been seen in three galleries, two in Victoria and one in New South Wales. It has no doubt created ripple effects beyond view and become, at least for me personally, the proverbial long goodbye
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Inside Bamiyarra
Inside Bamiyarra is a snapshot biopic of a media arts project that brought together a young team of Hazara from refugee backgrounds to work with Melbourne artists and filmmakers. They produced micro-docs, a photo essay and a video installation much of which was inspired by a poem composed by a … Continue Reading ››
Bamiyarra goes public
Designing an identity
You may recall the callous and nonsensical destruction of one of the few remaining marvels of human antiquity, the two Buddha's of Bamiyan, blown-up by the Taliban in March 2001. It was between 500 and 554 AD when were carved from the sandstone cliff face from where they stood. A … Continue Reading ››