On Thursday, Professor Jennifer Biddle will be speaking to the fantastic exhibition PERFORMING COUNTRY which was curated by PhD students Emmy Monaghan and Brendan O’Donnell.
This talk reflects on Kluge-Ruhe’s exhibition Performing Country with an emphasis on the vital work of embodied knowledge and survival in contemporary arts practices. Focusing on the Australian Central and Western Desert, this talk considers the importance of performance in the Lajamanu Warlpiri festival Milpirri, co-produced with Tracks Dance Company since 2005.
Jennifer L. Biddle is Gough Whitlam and Malcom Fraser Chair in Australian Studies (Harvard University) and Associate Dean Engagement and Impact, Faculty of Arts, Design & Architecture (University of New South Wales). She has worked with Warlpiri people in Lajamanu for three decades, and more recently, in transnational projects with First Nations and Indigenous artists, curators and designers on experimental new media research.