'written on the body' curators' talk

Event Details

Date:

Thursday, 31 July 2014

Time:

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Location:

Anthropology Museum

UQ Location:

Michie Building (St Lucia)

URL:

http://www.anthropologymuseum.uq.edu.au/

Event category(s):

Full Description:: Come and hear curators Judy Watson and Diana Young talk about their exhibition written on the body this Thursday at 12:30pm.

written on the body disrupts museum classificatory categories. In the past, especially in the early years of the Museum, it was usual to write on to collected things, securing their classification and place in the Collection. To the descendants of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander makers and owners of these things, the act of inscribing onto may be experienced as vandalism - an intention to control by another, dominating culture.

The curators' response to these written on Indigenous things - the everyday paraphernalia for living of stone axes, knives, grinding stones, spears, dishes, throwing sticks - is multilayered. In the Museum’s gallery these things co-exist amongst used kitchenware, rear- view car mirrors and anthropometric measuring devices creating new sets of relationships and a commentary on the past in the present.

written on the body has been receiving wonderful reviews. It closes on August 15, don't miss your chance to experience this innovative exhibition.