PROJECT: Aboriginal Life and Sydney Harbour Arts Incubator
DATE: 2011 – 2016
LOCATION: The Rocks, NSW
CLIENT: Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority (SHFA)
From 2011 – 2016, the current director of City People (Michael Cohen) led a series of creative projects elevating visibility of Aboriginal stories in the public domain of The Rocks – the landing site of the First Fleet. This award-winning project featured several ‘interpretive arts incubators’.
Aunty’s Blackfella Bingo
Corroboree Festival, The Rocks Village Bizarre
Director: Peta Strachan
Performances: Aunty Marlene Cummings
Tallawoladah: Language on Land
Artists: Colin Kinchela, Paul Gazzola, Marjorie Anderson (SHFA Aboriginal Program Manager)
Colin Kinchela and Paul Gazzola worked with SHFA Aboriginal Program Manager, Marjorie Anderson on a 4-year project to re-inscribe local language on street signs, T-shirts and bookmarks during annual NAIDOC celebrations. This project had a lasting impact through the permanent renaming of an area of the precinct to Tallawolladah Place. This location was directly adjacent to the landing site of the First Fleet in Warrane (Sydney Cove) in 1788.
The Rocks Boatshed
Artist: Aroha Groves
Header: Koomurri perform at the naming of Tallawoladah Place
Image 1: Aunty’s Blackfella Bingo, pictured: Uncle Max Eulo with Marlene Cummings
Image 2: Tallawolodah: Language on Land, pictured: Colin Kinchela with Marjorie Anderson
TEAM
Alex Rosemont, Andrea James, Anita Heiss, Barbara McGrady, Ben Bowham, Cathy Craigie, Colin Kinchela, Donna Ingram, James Simon, Jasmine Sarin, Jodi Chulburra, Joe Hurst, Kyra Kum-sing, Marjorie Anderson, Nardi Simpson, Rachel Perkins
Winner of 2015 Interpretation Australia award
