First Nations artists on adapting traditions for a contemporary world

Five First Nations artists from Queensland discuss what it means to work on Country and how their practices strengthen Cultural connections.

The oldest living culture on Earth has more than a word of wisdom or two to offer concerning adaptation.

This practice of utilising materials from Country and taking inspiration from it resonated with her fellow speakers.

For the past few years Sarra has been working around the Burnett River rock carvings that were previously displaced and unrecognised, imprinting them to form a series of work connecting ancestral history. The works, Petroglyphs, are part of NorthSite’s exhibition REPATRIATE, speaking to the uphill battle to gather and piece back these significant stories.

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Celina Lei is ArtsHub's former Content Manager. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs, and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram: @lleizy_