In Term 1, expect unforgettable encounters with three exhibitions at PICA presented with Perth Festival 2025. Acclaimed international artist, Laure Provoust, and a diverse group of Australian artists explore the factors shaping identity. Connecting with their cultural roots and celebrating their predecessors, the artists delve into the memories, experiences and relationships that have influenced and inspired them. Paying homage to their female forebears, they look to mothers and grandmothers as symbols of growth and connection to the natural world.
Spanning visual arts, performance and participatory art, the exhibitions provide opportunities to analyse how artists have represented ideas and personal expression using different art forms, materials and processes. Students can consider the viewpoints of artists from different cultural backgrounds (Aboriginal, Australian, French and Philippine) and reflect on how context influences their artistic intentions. Interactions between artwork, artist and audience can be unpacked by engaging with participatory and immersive art forms.
Exhibition
Laure Prouvost: Oui Move In You
Darcey Bella Arnold, Lauren Burrow, Sarah Elson, Tom Freeman, D Harding, Kate Harding, Zali Morgan: In Her Footsteps: A Tribute to Matrilineal Legacy
Bhenji Ra: Biraddali Dancing on the Horizon
Dates
Friday 7 February – 30 March 2025
Art Forms
Media Arts, Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Dance, Mixed Media, Film, Montages, Sculpture, Painting, Installation, Fibre arts
Content
Oui Move In You contains partial nudity
Curriculum Links
Artistic context; Artistic purpose; Audience participation; Cultural identity – Cultural pluralism; Gender; Regional arts – Aboriginal, Australian, French, Philippine art; Settings (Narratives) – Cultural contexts; Experiences – Personal, Environmental, Memories, Expression of Feelings; Differences – Cultural diversity, Place, Gender, Historical Period, Actions and Reactions, Tradition and Innovation; Inspirations – Experiences, Values, Emotions; Commentaries – Function of Art – Ideological Expression, Artist Influences – Events and circumstances, Narratives, Ceremony and Ritual, Social Commentary
Cross-curricula Links
HASS, Languages, Technologies, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Culture, Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia, Sustainability
