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Picturing the old people 2006-07

Accession No.
2007.224
Date Created
2006-07
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Indigenous Australian Art
Dimensions A
(dimensions variable)
Edition
ed. 1/3
Media Category
Installation
Secondary Media Category
electronic media
Medium
Five-channel video installation (Mini DV format): 12:55 minutes, colour, sound
Credit Line
The Xstrata Coal Emerging Indigenous Art Award 2007 (winning entry). Purchased 2007 with funds from Xstrata Coal through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation

Multidisciplinary Worimi artist and curator Genevieve Grieves engaged with the descendants of Victorian Aboriginal people featured in archival photographs from the late 1800s to recreate and interrogate the circumstances under which such images were captured. This series of animated sepia-toned portraits — of desire, warriors, mourning, family and lost children — are a haunting exploration of the interactions between photographer and sitters, of Indigenous agency, reflecting colonial expectations of Aboriginal people and their lifestyles, and challenging the integrity of the original scenarios.

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© Genevieve Grieves

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