Exhibition: Representation Remembrance and the Memorial
27 June - 4 August 2018MADA Gallery Monash University Caulfield Campus. Free, no booking required.
An opportunity to explore the research archive of the project Representation, Remembrance and the Memorial.
This project addresses the lack of memorials and visibility in the public sphere to the histories, memories and legacy of frontier violence in Australia through an international comparative study. Investigating trauma sites including in Cambodia, South Africa, the United States, Mauritius, and Germany and connecting with local efforts to memorialise frontier massacres and repatriate human remains, the project considers the possibilities for art, architecture, and design as memorial.
The exhibition includes artworks by Brook Andrew, Julie Gough, Roberta Rich, Judy Watson and Shiraz Bayjoo; interview transcripts with Indigenous scholar Professor Marcia Langton, American architect Peter Eisenman and scholar of cultural memory, Andreas Huyssen; architectural drawings for the proposed Education and Cultural Centre adjacent to the Myall Creek Massacre Memorial, and the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (Peter Eisenman), and other materials and artworks.
Curated by Brook Andrew and Dr Jessica Neath.