You are invited to hear Professor Kim Scott, Author and John Curtin Distinguished Professor, School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry, Curtin University, reading from a selection of his novels, and discussing the relationship between these extracts and the exhibition, ‘Mamang-miyel-ang Djinang / Seeing with the whale’s eye. Mamang-miyel-ang Djinang features illustrations from picture books as a result of Kim’s collaboration with Wirlomin Noongar and Stories Inc over some twenty years.

Kim Scott is an award-winning Noongar author who has worked extensively in Indigenous education and the arts. Kim’s second novel, Benang (1999), won a number of literary awards, including The Miles Franklin, which he won for a second time with That Deadman Dance (2010) along with the South-east Asia and Pacific Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, the Australian Literary Society Gold Medal and other accolades. His work has been translated and published in China, India, Holland, Japan and France.

Kim was awarded a Centenary Medal, and in 2012 was awarded Western Australian of the Year. He is a member of the West Australian Writers Hall of Fame and in 2022 was declared a State Cultural Treasure. Kim is currently employed as Professor of Writing in the School of Media, Culture and Creative Arts at Curtin University.

Light refreshments provided.

The JCG Lunchtime Talks is a mid-week series that invites speakers from diverse disciplines to share their research, practices, and perspectives in response to the gallery’s exhibition programming. These informal sessions offer a welcoming, collegial space to explore ideas, spark dialogue, and engage with the themes and questions shaping contemporary visual culture and artistic practice.