Mia Boe, who is of Butchulla and Burmese ancestry, continues her exploration of the inheritance and disinheritance of culture in The Aboriginal Robot, a new body of work echoing the Le Guin notion: “Science fiction is not predictive, it is descriptive.”
Boe’s paintings imagine a dystopic reality where the landscape lies ravaged and depleted. Governments respond by creating an AI robot imbued with the wisdom of Aboriginal land management. As the Robot delves into the history of those who exploited and profited from the land, it sparks a revolutionary upheaval.
Mia Boe, The Ashes Were Buried Under the Tree, 2021, acrylic on linen. Courtesy the artist, Murray Art Museum Albury (MAMA), New South Wales and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery
16 August to 14 September 2024
Sydney
