Abstract
This paper describes the emergence of a framework of collaboration to support creative practice in the service of ecological alliances. This framework has been developed in a post-colonial, intersectional and embodied context, and as an entanglement between two visual arts practitioners working in very different but connected contexts. Can reparative indigenous practices inform a framework of collaboration and exchange in the Global North, without adding a further burden to the colonised? I suggest that collaborative, cross-cultural and post-colonial dialogues can inform cultural practices with the aim of decentering the captalist and imperialist ideologies of the Global North and creating a ‘reverse flow” of decolonising forces. These ideas are explored through the undertaking of a creative long-distance collaboration with U.K based artist Becky Nunes and indigenous artist Maraea Timutimu (Tūhoe, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui) to explore the possibilities of dialogues between both artists and landscapes. How can these kōrero (dialogues) contribute to a greater understanding of our connectedness to land, and assist in reparations for the exhausted landscapes here in the Global North? The outcomes of this collaboration are reflected on and insights drawn upon to suggest an innovative methodological framework for collaborative post-colonial practice.
Presenters
Becky NunesAssociate Professor of Lens-based Media, Creative Industries, Staffordshire University, United Kingdom
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Ordinary Practice and Collective Behaviors
KEYWORDS
Decolonizing Methods, Cultural Imaginaries, Postcolonial Contexts, Transdisciplinary, Collaborative, Reparative Practices
