Artist, writer, and IMA Visiting Curator, Léuli Eshrāghi, who is currently working on upcoming exhibition ‘The Commute’ will present a new performance work, ‘paper/s/kin gesture’, for First Thursdays.
Eshrāghi has developed this work for the context of Bloodlines by Sancintya Mohini Simpson | Metro Arts, an exhibition by artist and IMA Curator of Public Engagement, Sancintya Simpson, held at Metro Arts. The exhibition considers how memory moves through generations, with specific relation to the untold experiences of women taken as indentured labourers from India to South Africa. Seeking to create of space of wellness within an exhibition that addresses shared and personal traumas, Eshrāghi will host a ceremony as a gesture of solidarity and collective healing. The ritual will involve sacred medicines, including charcoal, and waters from across cultures, including turmeric, rose, lemongrass, and coconut. The artist invites you into a transformative space for healing and wellness, to breathe, contemplate, and share sacred waters with community members effected by intergenerational traumas.
Please note: this performance is held offsite at Level 2, Metro Arts, 109 Edward Street, Brisbane.*
Find out more on the IMA website here: https://ima.org.au/event/first-thursdays-leuli-eshraghi/
*Unfortunately Metro Arts’ 77 year-old lift is currently out of service, restricting access to the building by the stairs only. They sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this causes. If you have special accessibility needs please contact their friendly staff on +617 3002 7100 or info@metroarts.com.au so that they are able to assist you.
Image: Léuli Eshrāghi, ‘paper/s/kin gesture’, 2018, un Magazine 12.1 launch, Footscray Community Arts Centre, May 2018. Photo: Daniel Gardeazabal
