Regional Residency: Moorina Bonini
Moorina Bonini
5–5 Sep 2018
Country
1. a state or nation:
What European countries have you visited?
2. The territory of a nation.
My ancestral lands.
This project examined and juxtaposed western ideologies around ‘land’ and ‘country’ against Yorta Yorta traditional custom.
Overview
Late in 2018, Zoë Bastin, Moorina Bonini and Sara Retallick undertook self-directed residencies in Victoria.
The Blindside REGIONAL ARTS RESIDENCY PROGRAM was supported by the City of Melbourne and Creative Victoria.
Biographies
Moorina Bonini is a proud Yorta Yorta woman and member of the Dhulunyagen family clan of Ulupna and member of the Briggs family. Moorina is a practicing artist whose works are inspired by her own experiences as an Aboriginal and Italian woman and within her practice creates artwork that examines contemporary Indigenous histories through the use of installation and video.
Related
Manisha Anjali, Experimentation with Wormholes and Time Travel, Regional Art + Research Residency, Mooramong. Courtesy the artist.
Offsite, Residency, Co-Presented
3–22 Feb 2020
Mooramong Residency: Manisha Anjali
Manisha Anjali
Roberta Rich, #arentwerich 3, Regional Art + Research Residency, Mooramong. Courtesy the artist.
Offsite, Residency, Co-Presented
3–22 Feb 2020
Mooramong Residency: Roberta Rich
Roberta Rich
Pia Johnson, At Mooramong- work in progress, 2020. Courtesy the artist.
Offsite, Residency, Co-Presented
23 Nov–7 Dec 2020
Mooramong Residency: Pia Johnson
Pia Johnson
Mooramong Residency: Bonny Cassidy
Offsite, Residency, Co-Presented