Code Switch

Code Switch - Fringe Festival

Curated by: Moorina Bonini and Tyson Campbell
Opening Thursday 12 September 6-8pm

This exhibition situates itself at the intersection of Indigenous knowledge, exchange and embodiment.

Alternative knowledge systems are currently gaining cultural capital, and we are witnessing the art academy actively courting Indigenous knowledge systems into its fold as a form of “decolonising”. We might ask: is it decolonising or recolonising? To decolonise is a continued project of the Anglo-Celtic value system. Therefore, it is imperative to ask: who benefits from the labour of such research?

We are interested in how alternative knowledge systems can be employed beneficially in artistic research, while considering the implications and ethics in the turn towards Indigenous knowledge systems within the art academy.

Artists include:
Gabi Briggs, Quishille Charan, Megan Cope, Tamsen Hopkinson, Ashley Perry, Bronte Perry, James Tylor

Writing and research papers by:
Sara Daley, Brian Martin, Hannah Presley, Moorina Bonini, Tyson Campbell

Special guest performances by:
Carly Sheppard and Bella Waru

Critical Mass - A crowding of crucial ideas at Brunswick Mechanics Institute, Siteworks and Blak Dot Gallery during Melbourne Fringe Festival 2019.

Critical Conversation Program
A series of critical conversations, resulting from the exhibitions publication will take place throughout the exhibition. On Saturday 14 September, artists Gabi Briggs, Quishile Charan, Bronté Perry and Ashley Perry will be in conversation with the curators, discussing their work and themes in the exhibition.

On Saturday 21 September, writers Brian Martin, Hannah Presley and Sara Daly discuss their essays in the exhibition’s publication, in the context of the exhibition. And on Friday 27 September, visitors can join artist Megan Cope and researcher, Brian Martin in a special night of conversation and oysters over the fire.

Saturday 14th of September 1pm - 3pm
Code Switch Artist Talk at Blak Dot Gallery

Gabi Briggs, Quishile Charan and Bronté Perry, Ashley Perry
Facilitated by Moorina Bonini and Tyson Campbell

Saturday 21st of September 3 - 4 pm
Code Switch Critical Conversation with Writers at Blak Dot Gallery

Brian Martin, Hannah Presley, Sara Daly
A conversation unpacking the writing contributed to the exhibition
Facilitated by Moorina Bonini and Tyson Campbell

Friday 27th of September 5:30pm – 7.30pm
Code Switch Oysters over the fire and conversation with Megan Cope and Brian Martin at Blak Dot Gallery

Image: James Tylor, Aotearoa my Hawaiki #11 (2015). Courtesy and copyright the artist.