Ngadhu Mirrul-gu yanha-bili-nyi: I went to Mirrool when told
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: This research shares the beginning foundations for a practice-led process of relational sense-making centring on the Mirrul Creek on Wiradyuri Country as a case study in a decolonising and indigenising arts practice. Utilising a hybrid research methodology analogous to feeling and hearing country as research, the research utilises a critical locatedness or embodied process (a being on Country in situated cognition), a practice of toponymy (decolonising, indigenising and reinhabiting maps and archives) and producing creative works (which reflect the practicalities and findings of the processes). These all circle in iterative loops and form three strands of a weave that hold each other in meaningful tension. The programme of initial research results in several creative works that utilise a contemporary drawing practice that foregrounds the importance of thinking with country, through the cosmology of the country. The research indicates several exciting spaces for future research in making the unseen, seen.
Source: Journal of Visual Art Practice
Author: Christopher Orchard
Institution: Charles Sturt University
Language: English
Subfield: Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4404116831