{"id":94349,"date":"2024-01-30T04:57:29","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T17:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/?p=94349"},"modified":"2024-01-29T21:02:25","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T10:02:25","slug":"beneath-the-surface-of-artists-undercurrent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/news\/beneath-the-surface-of-artists-undercurrent\/","title":{"rendered":"Beneath the surface of artist\u2019s Undercurrent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ONE of the artworks in the <em>First Nations Photography<\/em> exhibition at Bendigo Art Gallery is a piece depicting the site of a massacre on Dja Dja Wurrung country by Bangerang artist Peta Clancy.<\/p>\n<p>Clancy acquired a 12-month residency with the Koorie Heritage Trust to do the work in 2018 and then spent some time travelling to the site to capture its essence in different moments.<\/p>\n<p>The result was a series of photographs titled <em>Undercurrent <\/em>and Bendigo Art Gallery acquired one of the pieces in 2020 from an earlier exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>The idea for it came to Clancy after she saw the <i>Massacre Map of Victoria<\/i>\u00a0and was brought back to the fact that much of such history was rarely acknowledged.<\/p>\n<p>She had to apply for a cultural heritage permit and get permission from DJAARA, and once obtained, put a call out to the Djaara community asking if anyone would be interested in working with her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I first thought of doing the project, I was going to go to a number of locations but then I thought it was more respectful to explore the one area and develop a relationship,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was going to explore a number of different sites, but it felt much more honest to just spend time at the one area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI returned for a year and took photographs&#8230; so when I presented my work at the Koorie Heritage Trust, it was kind of an acknowledgment to the community that the violence happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michael Bourke and Amos Atkinson assisted Clancy in learning about the history of the massacres on this country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey shared country with me, we went to a number of locations,\u201d said Clancy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t actually say where the location is, because I\u2019m not a Dja Dja Wurrung person, it\u2019s not my story to tell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMick and Amos said the site of violence is underwater and that kind of really resonated with me because as they said it protected the area and also with the water it cleansed the ancestors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not about going to this particular site or knowing where it is&#8230; it\u2019s kind of like a metaphor, <em>Undercurrent<\/em> is a metaphor for the fact that we haven\u2019t spoken about massacres.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember driving with Mick around Dja Dja Wurrung country, and he said it\u2019s not a matter of where massacres occurred, it\u2019s a matter of where they didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cViolence occurred all throughout Dja Dja Wurrung country but also throughout Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With photographs that Clancy took throughout her observations of the site, she overlapped different parts to create the end pieces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s kind of this cutting or scarring, so when you look at the final image it\u2019s created through the print that I\u2019ve taken onto country and also the rephotographed photograph and what\u2019s behind it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like I\u2019m covering something over or taking something away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy idea is that when people look at the photographs, there\u2019s something that\u2019s not quite right.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ONE of the artworks in the First Nations Photography exhibition at Bendigo Art Gallery is a piece depicting the site of a massacre on Dja Dja Wurrung country by Bangerang artist Peta Clancy. 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