‘When they take the water from a Barkandji person, they take our blood.’ – Badger Bates
Concerned for the degradation of the Barka-Darling River, artists Badger Bates and Justine Muller, in collaboration with the Wilcannia community, draw attention to its dissipation, wider ecosystem and surrounding basin.
Presenting ceramics, sculpture, leadlight, linocut, painting, multi-media video and over 200 footprints of Wilcannia residents created with clay from the river, this exhibition gives voice to the Barkandji people who rely on its care for their survival.
Badger Bates, Life Coming Back to Moon Lake Wilcannia, 2011, linocut. Courtesy the artist and Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales
Wilcannia footprints. Justine Muller has taken the footprints of over 200 Wilcannia residents
Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery
Until July 29, 2018
New South Wales
