Embassy: Sovereignty

Join us for the opening weekend of Richard Bell's Assembly (https://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-modern/display/richard-bell-embassy). Housed in a tent surrounded by protest signs, Embassy is a space for activism and dialogue in support of Aboriginal land rights in Australia.

Speakers will explore questions of social justice, land rights, sovereignty, and coalition building through a powerful critique of the legacy of European invasion and colonialism.

0:00:01

Richard Bell discusses the history of the Aboriginal Land Rights Movement with Euahlayi Elder and activist Ghillar Michael Anderson.

2:04:07

This conversation explores the power of art and collective practice with Quandamooka artist Megan Cope in conversation with Richard Bell. Both artists are members of the Aboriginal art collective proppaNOW based in Brisbane.

2:46:39

This discussion looks at Indigenous legal-political sovereignty with Alan Michelson, artist, curator, writer, lecturer and Mohawk member of the Six Nations of the Grand River, Sylvia McAdam (Saysewahum), member of the Cree Nation, advocate for First Nation and environmental rights in Canada and co-founder of a global grassroots Indigenous-led movement ‘Idle No More’, as well as Liisa-Rávná Finbog, a Sámi scholar and duojár (Sámi storyteller and knowledge-holder) from Oslo, Vaapste, and Skánit in the Norwegian part of Sápmi.

Image credit: Richard Bell, Sol, 2021, acrylic on canvas, 200 x 200 cm. Photo by Carl Warner. Image courtesy of the artist and Milani Gallery, Meeanjin / Brisbane

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