Due to unforeseen personal circumstances, Dr. Paola Balla and Paola Morabito are unable to speak next week at Matriarchal Strength and Resistance | Hugh D.T. Williamson Lecture 2024. Thank you for your understanding.

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Matriarchal Strength And Resistance 

Hugh D.T. Williamson Lecture 2024

Acclaimed Wemba-Wemba & Gunditjmara artist Dr Paola Balla and filmmaker Paola Morabito discuss their collaborative process as cousins and creators of the work Mok Mok Murrup Yakuwa, featured in the current SCI-FI: Mythologies Transformed exhibition at Science Gallery Melbourne. 

Mok Mok Murrup Yakuwa is an immersive film installation referencing the Wemba Wemba story of Mok Mok – a spiritual woman entity and sovereign goddess, played by the artist’s mother Aunty Margie Tang. The work is symbolic of the power of country to heal, and of matriarchal strength and resistance.  

 Join the artists as they take us into the fertile ground of family, relational paradigms and how ‘mythologies’ can empower our strength and resistance and remind us of how old our sovereignty is.

Hosted by Matt Coffey, Deadly Science Program Manager at Walter & Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne.

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Mok Mok Murrup Yakuwa by Paola Balla and Paola Morabito was presented in 2023 in Shadow Spirit curated by Kimberley Moulton. Shadow Spirit was Produced and Commissioned by RISING with co-commissioning partner Illuminate Adelaide. 

This event is proudly supported by The Hugh D.T. Williamson Foundation.  

Please note Auslan interpretation is available on request, for more information see our Access page.