The Memory of Water
250 Years (also referred to as The Coolaman Project), is a large-scale installation which employed a community-based practice to produce 250 ceramic coolamons (Indigenous cultural vessels). The installation speaks of a gathering; to the diversity of Indigenous Australian nations; a decolonising of archival principals and a commemoration of resilience and strength through 250 years of colonisation. These cultural vessels of abundance embody a yarning circle as an opening to future conversations.
Contributors: Jody Rallah (Biri Gabba, Warangu, Yuggera), Dianne Hall (Gamilaray), Maddison Bygrave (Darug), Kyra Mancktelow (Qandamooka, South Sea Islands), Dylan Mooney (Meriam Mir, Yuwi, South Sea Islands), Macarlya Walters (Gamilaroi), Ronda Sharpe (Wiradjuri), Justine Omeenyo (Umpila), Carmen Perez (Wuthathi), Samantha Vines (Gamilaroi), Haylee Pierce (Quandamooka), Bianca Beetson (Kubi Kubi), Carol
McGregor (Wadawurrung), Kullilli Geraldine Rose Cora (Waka Waka), Samuel Ramsey (Mamu-dyribal), Sheralee Wenham (Wakka Wakka)
About the Project
250 Years (also referred to as The Coolaman Project), is a large-scale installation which employed a community-based practice to produce 250 ceramic coolamons (Indigenous cultural vessels). The installation speaks of a gathering; to the diversity of Indigenous Australian nations; a decolonising of archival principals and a commemoration of resilience and strength through 250 years of colonisation. These cultural vessels of abundance embody a yarning circle as an opening to future conversations.
Contributors: Jody Rallah (Biri Gubba, Warangu, Yuggera), Dianne Hall (Gamilaray), Maddison Bygrave (Darug), Kyra Mancktelow (Qandamooka, South Sea Islands), Dylan Mooney (Meriam Mir, Yuwi, South Sea Islands), Macarlya Walters (Gamilaroi), Ronda Sharpe (Wiradjuri), Justine Omeenyo (Umpila), Carmen Perez (Wuthathi), Samantha Vines (Gamilaroi), Haylee Pierce (Quandamooka), Bianca Beetson (Kubi Kubi), Carol McGregor (Wadawurrung), Kullilli Geraldine Rose Cora (Waka Waka), Samuel Ramsey (Mamu-dyribal), Sheralee Wenham (Wakka Wakka)
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