Join us to hear from the Artists at Mirndiyan Gununa Aboriginal Corporation, Mornington Island Art, with researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH) as they speak about the collaborative exhibition 'NGURRUWARRA/ DERNDERNYIN: Stone Fish Traps Of The Wellesley Islands'. Following this conversation artists Geoff Dixon and Euan Macleod will discuss their exhibition 'Facing Time: 50 Years' and Local Artist Selina Kudo will share stories from her practice.

Geoff lives and works in Cairns, Queensland. Geoff has long been concerned with the fragility of the natural world alongside the human drive for collection and preservation, and with our contribution to the tragedy of extinction.

Euan has held more than fifty solo shows in New Zealand and Australia and has taken part in numerous group exhibitions in Australasia and internationally. Euan MacLeod has won art prizes in Australia, including the Archibald in 1999, and the SulmanPrize in 2001.

Guided by the work of Japanese photographers like Masahisa Fukase, Miyako Ishiuchi and Daido Moriyama, Kudo embraces the Japanese aesthetic of are, bure and boke (meaning grainy, blurry and out of focus) to capture anything and everything, that is, the essence of life.

Artist Talks

Time and Date: 10AM — 12PM, Friday 3 February

Venue: NorthSite at Bulmba-ja, 96 Abbott Street, Cairns City

Exhibitions

AMY LOOGATHA, DOLLY LOOGATHA, ELSIE GABORI, AGNES KOHLER, DOROTHY GABORI, AMANDA GABORI, BERELINE LOOGATHA, GLORIA GAVENOR, CORALIE THOMPSON, JOELENE ROUGHSEY | NGURRUWARRA/ DERNDERNYIN: Stone Fish Traps Of The Wellesley Islands | Gallery 1

The inaugural presentation of ‘Ngurruwarra/Derndernyin (stone fish trap)’ is a monumental painting installation by established and emerging artists from Mirndiyan Gununa Aboriginal Corporation, Mornington Island Art, the outcome of a research project led by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH).

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EUAN MACLEOD and GEOFF DIXON | Facing Time: 50 Years| Gallery 2

This exhibition features works by artists and long-term friends, Euan Macleod and Cairns based artist Geoff Dixon.

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Acknowledgment logos — Logos: Mirndiyan Gununa, NorthSite Contemporary Arts, James Cook University Australia, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Creative Australia, Queensland Government.

NGURRUWARRA/ DERNDERNYIN: Stone Fish Traps Of The Wellesley Islands was commissioned by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage and coordinated by James Cook University. The exhibition will also travel to the Queensland Museum in 2024.

NorthSite Contemporary Arts is assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body. NorthSite Contemporary Arts is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.