Procession (2022)
By Bronte Gosper
Bob Dylan in 'To Ramona' wrote "there's no use in trying to deal with the dying, though I cannot explain that in lines." Perhaps it can be explained in film. The video blends footage I took as my Grandfather Laurie and I drove around his home and mapped out his life, in December of 2021 with footage I took 4 months later when I returned to Australia to say goodbye to him after a sudden illness. When he passed away, the places we had journeyed and the topics we had covered seemed to speak back in new ways. This documentary is an exploration of the fact that when we record oral histories, the stories continue to speak back to us. They do not remain stagnant, they live on and they help us to deal with the dead. In Indigenous culture, we believe that those who die return to the land and live (in a sense) around us and through us.Click here to RSVP for the opening reception and chat with Bronte about the work!
Then be sure to check out the upcoming LIVE EVENT with the curator
Wednesday, May 11, 6 PMFilming Oral History: A Dialogue of Home
Co-sponsored by OHMA and Residency Unlimited Join three artists as they explore our universal connection to place and home through oral histories in three distinct geographical spaces: the rural farmlands of Cuba, the queer swamplands of Florida, and Wiradjuri land. Narratives of resilience and survival, collective memory, gender and identity, and multi-generational community are an invitation to consider what home means to you. How do we deal with the dying—of both people and place? How does the land hold the stories we tell? This event will screen three curated short films, followed by a Q&A moderated by Pippa Mott, Guest Curator at Residency Unlimited, a non-profit art organization that supports the creation, presentation and dissemination of contemporary art through its unique residency program and year-round public programs. A limited number of tablets and headphones will be provided for the listening and viewing of additional multimedia works by the artists, but attendees are encouraged to bring their own devices and headphones to explore at their own pace.
Refreshments will be served. Masks are required. Capacity is limited—don't wait to RSVP.
Continue the conversation and dance the night away at the afterparty at Congress Bar, just around the corner.
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