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posted on 2023-03-30, 00:38 authored by Dominique ChenDominique Chen, Libby Harward

Bonyi: Living Culture is a curated exhibition and public programming by Dominique Chen and Libby Harward. The exhibition brought together past and contemporary bonyi stories, perspectives and relationships, through the creative, cultural works of Indigenous artists Aunty Beverly Hand, BJ Murphy, Jo-Anne Driessens, Shannon Brett, Libby Harward, Dominique Chen and Kieron Anderson, on Country that has hosted the artists’ families and ancestors for celebration and business since time immemorial.  

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ERA Category

  • Curated Public Exhibition/Event - Exhibition/Event

Eligible major research output?

  • Yes

Research Statement

Research Background: Bonyi: Living Culture is a curated exhibition and public programming by Dominique Chen and Libby Harward. The exhibition brought together past and contemporary Bonyi stories, perspectives and relationships, through the creative, cultural works of Indigenous artists, on Country that has hosted the artists’ families and ancestors for celebration and business since time immemorial. Research Contribution: Bonyi-Bonyi/bunya trees have been a foundational part of Aboriginal governance and kinship since time immemorial—connecting and interweaving our far-reaching nations, languages and cultures from across the country. The bountiful and nutritious nuts, sustaining both physically and culturally, generations after generations. Bonyi, like everything in the more-than-human world, is kin. And it is not a coincidence that the same settler colonial violence and destruction that was enacted upon our people was shown also to the land/waters, and to the sacred Bonyi. While the destructive pressures on people and environments persist, Bonyi: Living Culture is testimony to the ongoing and regenerative connection of our people to the Bonyi, to our culture, and to each other. It is also an active statement of our uninterrupted sovereignty and ancestral belonging. Research Significance: Munnimbah-dja is a newly established, Indigenous-run arts and culture space, who’s curatorial and community work is situated at the forefront of contemporary Indigenous art thinking and practice. Bonyi: Living Culture is a unique exhibition that not only explores and highlights the deep relational aspects of Indigenous art/culture, but also provides a space for the continuation of ancient cultural practices centred around the Bonyi-Bonyi. The exhibition was frequented by an large audience, and hosted talks that engaged a broad section of the community with current arts, social science and ecological research.

Publisher

Munimba-ja

Place of publication

Maleny

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Confidential / Culturally sensitive

  • No

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© 2022. The author/s hold copyright in this work

Exhibition date from

2022-02-05

Exhibition date to

2022-03-26

Was the work disseminated?

  • Yes

Form of dissemination

  • Exhibition

Scope of dissemination

  • Local

Did the work go on tour?

  • No

Venue

Munimba-ja

Reference number

852994

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    4501 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, language and history4505 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, society and community4519 Other Indigenous data, methodologies and global Indigenous studies3699 Other creative arts and writingAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Environmental KnowledgeVisual Arts and Crafts not elsewhere classified

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