NAIDOC Week which ran from Sunday 5 July to Sun, 12 July has given an Indonesian painter and an Indonesian dancer to deepen their understanding of the First Nations history and culture through their involvement in 'To All the Steps that Shake the Land’s Memory' at Campbelltown Arts Centre Exhibition, NSW.
Zico Albaiquni is an Indonesian painter who is currently completing his PhD study in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne. His solo exhibition, To All the Steps that Shake the Lands. To SBS Indonesian Zico described how his encounter with some of the First Nations artists or painters gave him some insights of the First Nation culture. His meeting with Aunty Glenda Chaulker, a First Nations’ elder who generously talking to him about the history of her people in relation to the Appin Massacre has given him an invaluable experience. In this exhibition there are two significant Zico’s work Tari Sari Tunggal and Bingbrung and Balong/Bilabong that relate to the First Nations.
Sekar Sari, is an actress, dancer, and arts and culture researcher from Yogyakarta. Her PhD study is in Film and Dance in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne. At the opening of Zico’s exhibition at Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sekar gave a lecture in Indonesian classical dance as well as a workshop with dancers from Wirid Jiribin, a community that celebrates the original custodians of the land in the Tharawal (or Dharawal) language. A cultural exchange happened which enriches Sekar understanding of the First Nations history and dancing relationship with the land, ancestors, cultures and other elements.
