Join architect Kevin O’Brien for this lecture titled Behind the Façade: Designing with Country drawn from his new book, Our Voices II: The DE-colonial Project co-edited with Rebecca Kiddle and Luugigyoo Patrick Stewart.

This publication documents decolonising projects which work to de-stable and disquiet colonial built environments. The land, towns, and cities on which we live have always been Indigenous places yet, for the most part our Indigenous value sets and identities have been disregarded or appropriated. Indigenous people continue to be gentrified out of the places to which they belong and neo-liberal systems work to continuously subjugate Indigenous involvement in decision-making processes in subtle, but potent ways.

A chance for audience Q&A will follow this 40 minute presentation.

After the talk, the publication will be launched by Troy Casey (co-founder, Blaklash Creative) and available for purchase via the IMA Gallery Shop.

Read more on the IMA website here.

This event is part of the Asia Pacific Architecture Festival, an initiative of Architecture Media and State Library of Queensland. APAF 2022 is curated by Georgia Birks and Christina Cho.

Image: Casino Aboriginal Medical Service by Kevin O'Brien Architects. Photo: Toby Scott.