2022 Sculpture at Bathers - Papirri

I have been working with a Martu friend in the Pilbara since 2019 on a personal contribution to the larger picture of Reconciliation.  This work is inspired by traditional Mardu Papirri. Traditionally a Papirri is worn on the head of all people taking part in a discussion. To each create a Papirri when we work is important as it is the container to hold the weight, the grief that we are carrying and discussing. This work is an enlarged version of the many we made together in 2020 and 2021.  It was created to represent willingness from both of us to sit on country and speak the truth to each other in the spirit of reconciliation.  My work is hangs just above 'visitors' heads, imitating the function of a traditional Papirri so that all might feel the weight, the need for reconciliation.

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