However vast the darkness . . . comprises three interconnected projects that offer deep reflection and forceful protest of the global inequities wrought by empire-building.
In Aziz Hazara’s Bow Echo, children struggle to stay perched atop a large rock battered by high winds, highlighting the urgency of their community’s plight against repression in war-torn Afghanistan. Lisa Reihana’s in Pursuit of Venus [infected] interrogates the impact of empire building from a unique First Nations perspective. And First Nations art collective, proppaNOW celebrate the strength, resilience, and continuity of culture in OCCURRENT AFFAIR.
Aziz Hazara, Bow Echo (detail), 2019, five-channel digital video, colour, sound, 04.01 minutes. Courtesy the artist, Biennale of Sydney and John Curtin Gallery, Western Australia
John Curtin Gallery
10 February to 16 April 2023
Western Australia
