Discusses an art project by the Wiradjuri & Kamilaroi artist Jonathon Jones at Hyde Park Barracks.
What is it about?
Indigenous Histories — Creative Histories — decolonising Histories — Jonathon Jones — Hyde Park Barracks I reflect upon how these two distinct creative history projects – one visual art, the other performative – associated with this project which renegotiate the complex and contested pasts of the Hyde Park Barracks and suggest that these examples speak to the role of memory and creativity in shaping cultural responses to Australia’s colonial past and hows Indigenous artists and academics are making a profound intervention into contemporary understandings of the past in ways that demand fresh consideration about how history is ‘done’ in Australia.
Why is it important?
Indigenous artists and academics are making a profound intervention into contemporary understandings of the past in ways that demand fresh consideration about how history is ‘done’ in Australia.