LIVING IN THEIR TIMES 27 May–18 August
Curator: Djon Mundine OAM Living in Their Times was an exhibition and event series commissioned by UTS ART and Jumbunna Institute to mark National Reconciliation Week and NAIDOC Week. The project centred on a one-day event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Referendum. This event activated four sites across the campus: Bon Marche Studio, University Hall, UTS Gallery and UTS Tower Foyer and included an immersive threechannel video installation by Mundine and a film program curated by filmmaker Pauline Clague. The event was extended through the display of giant articulated figures based on Robert Campbell Jr’s work in the UTS Tower Foyer and a lecture given by the late artist’s partner Eileen Button.
Above: Djon Mundine, Bungaree’s Farm, 2015. Opposite page: Living in Their Times, installation view, 2017. Photo: David Lawrey.
Living in Their Times reflected on the lineage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander self determination and activism that both preceded and followed the landmark 1967 Referendum through which Australians voted to formally remove passages from the Australian constitution that discriminated against Aboriginal people. The program included a restaging of Bungaree’s Farm, an immersive threechannel video installation reflecting on the life of Bungaree, an important Aboriginal figure in colonial Australia and the first person to be referred to as an ‘Australian’.
VISITORS – 100 STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIPS Supported by UTS Business School and UTS Equity and Diversity. The event was supported by cultural funding from the City of Sydney. MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS 2ser, Koori Mail, Art Almanac and ArtsHub