Bindi Cole. Image courtesy Nellie Castan Gallery.
Shadow Life is an exhibition of moving image works by six internationally renowned contemporary Indigenous Australian artists (and one non-Indigenous collaborator).
Presented as a looped screening with a contextual talk by curator Djon Mundine OAM, Shadow Life explores the notion of the shadow as a representation of our soul that can never leave or exist independent of the body.
The exhibition will also showcase the photo-based practices of key Aboriginal artists including Vernon Ah Kee, Bindi Cole, Destiny Deacon, Fiona Foley, Ivan Sen and Christian Thompson.
The exhibition will be screened on a loop in Studio 1 from 10am to 6pm, pausing for the talk with Djon Mundine OAM from 3pm to 4pm.
Screening:
Whitefella Normal, Blackfella Me Vernon Ah Kee, 30 secs, Australia, 2004
Seventy Times Seven Bindi Cole, 10:21 mins, Australia, 2011
Forced Into Images Destiny Deacon and Virginia Fraser, 9 mins, Australia, 2001
Bliss Fiona Foley, 11 mins, Australia, 2006
Dust Ivan Sen, 25 mins, Australia, 1999
Gamu Mambu (Blood Song) Christian Thompson, 2:30 mins, Australia, 2010
Presented by City of Melbourne and Asialink
