reVision Community: Guildhouse Voice of the Artist Launch
Event description
You are welcomed to our reVision Community event celebrating the launch of the Guildhouse Voice of the Artist commission.
Sunday 21 August, 2:00 — 4:00pm
Brad Darkson has worked in consultation with Aunty Lynette Crocker, Ngangki Burka Senior Kaurna woman to create Unceded Seeded (Ngampa).
Supported by the City of Adelaide, the commission is an opportunity to inspire, comfort, subvert, and respond to the times we are living in, signalling solidarity to the artistic community and inspiration to pedestrians and passers-by.
Tea, coffee and light refreshments will be on offer throughout the afternoon.
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Ngampa, a perennial root vegetable, represents the regenerative and healing practices needed on Kaurna land.
Unceded Seeded (Ngampa) references the land on which the artwork is installed. It acknowledges the Kaurna culture that has always existed within the land, and it highlights the need for everyone to walk together and work together in healing Country. This is not just a job for First Nations people, and everyone that resides on Kaurna land can celebrate and partake in practicing Kaurna culture. Everyone can feel a sense of custodianship for, and kinship with, the land. The use of neon in this instance acts as a beacon of truth, and in homage to the classic neon motel sign, the red and green allude to the aesthetic of 'No Vacancy'.
Ngampa (Kaurna word for Yam Daisy) is a perennial root vegetable, high in starch, and a staple food source for Kaurna. When eaten raw it has a sweet coconut flavour and when cooked is similar to potato. It can be made into flour and used to bake cakes and bread. The Kaurna way to cultivate is through digging up the smaller tubers leaving the large ones to continue into the next season, with the digging promoting further spread and growth. Growing Ngampa gives the land the chance to heal through regenerative agricultural practices.
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reVision: Community is a new initiative extending the outreach of the reVision program, providing an opportunity for the Guildhouse community to connect with each other in person, around a particular topic or theme. Centred around a 15-minute keynote from a leading artist the sessions provide a haven for artists to come together to socialise, share ideas and a beverage.
The Voice of the Artist commission was supported by the City of Adelaide.