Led by Tristen Harwood Strategy & Critique is concerned with pedagogy, property, aesthetics and land justice. This session considers how we might study and teach climate aware creative practices that attend to Indigenous land justice. Featuring guest presenters, Lauren Burrow, Laniyuk, Micaela Sahhar and Brooke Wandin, Strategy & Critique is a day of dialogue and practice, which uses a yarning circle model to facilitate artistic, poetic, and activist responses to land-back, land-clearing, and ecologically legible art glut.

Each speaker will present for 20-minutes followed by a panel discussion facilitated by Harwood. Participants will then be invited to join the discussion through yarning circles in the Ngargee courtyard led by the presenters, alongside other CAPC members. Makeshift shelters will be provided around the courtyard, developed by the CACP Laboratory Artists in the ACCA foyer over the duration of The Charge That Binds.

The program extends into the evening with Jakarta-based artist duo Tita Salina and Irwan Ahmett who are inviting participants to join a one-hour walking procession starting at ACCA and traversing the Birrarung (Yarra) river, before returning to ACCA for a lecture performance.

Strategy & Critique is part of the Relational Ecologies Intensive hosted at ACCA, developed alongside ACCA’s current exhibition, The Charge That Binds. Learn more about the program and intensive here.

VENUES AND ACCESS:

Malthouse Theatre

Malthouse theatre is located at 113 Sturt Street Southbank, VIC 3006. The Bagging Room is located on Level One, which can be accessed by lift. Read more about access here.

Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA)

ACCA is located at 111 Sturt Street, Southbank, in the Melbourne Arts Precinct. Enter from Sturt Street. There’s a tram stop nearby, and plenty of car parks and bike racks. It’s also a nice walk from Flinders Street train station.

ACCA is fully wheelchair accessible, with two accessible car park spaces just outside the entrance on Sturt Street and a wheelchair accessible bathroom. ACCA also has a wheelchair that is available on request for use by visitors. We also welcome Assistance Dogs in the gallery.

Read more about access and planning your visit here.

Ngargee Courtyard

The Ngargee Courtyard is located here, between ACCA and Malthouse Theatre.