This exhibition presents a major commission by Sydney-based non-Indigenous artist and writer Alana Hunt fuelled by the proposition: ‘What does the need for home mean when it causes the dispossession of someone else from theirs?’
Rupturing the core of settler colonialism and exposing how the basic need for home is intricately linked to the continuum of colonial injustice, Hunt draws on an archive of state-sponsored films produced at a time when Western Australia celebrated its one millionth citizen, personal experiences of housing insecurity, and the great Australian property ownership dream.
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
17 October to 21 December 2025
Western Australia
Alana Hunt, The Deceptively Simple Need For A Home (on other peoples’ land), 2025, Super 8mm film still
Courtesy the artist and Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Western Australia
