PICA opens its final exhibitions of 2025 with an afternoon of exhibition tours, artist talks and facilitated discussions exploring notions of home, belonging and everyday life on unceded land.
Join artist Alana Hunt and guest curator Jasmin Stephens for a tour of Alana Hunt’s exhibition A Deceptively Simple Need, a major new commission made possible through a Copyright Agency Partnership with PICA. This new work continues Hunt’s ongoing investigations into the so-called ‘Australian Dream’ of home ownership within a settler-colonial context.
Following this, Second Generation Collective take you on an exploration of belonging, love and hope in their newly developed work Vádyé Eshgh وادی عشق (Valley of Love), which brings together 20 emerging artists from the Iranian-Australian community in Perth.
The day concludes with a timely panel discussion titled What Comes Next? featuring Alana Hunt, Asha Kiani, lawyer Alice Pennycott and Marda Marda writer and researcher, Stephen Kinnane. Together, they will reflect on housing, displacement and the complexities of everyday life on stolen land.
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Please note that PICA’s lift is currently out of order. Access to upper-level galleries will be via the stairs only for this event.
We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your patience as repairs are completed. Our team will be on hand throughout the event to assist where possible and ensure everyone can enjoy our public programs.
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Weekends at PICA: Hatched Opening Weekend, Archie Moore Artist Talk, Forrest Chase, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA), 2025. Photo: Olivia Pizzale-Bryce
Schedule: Saturday 18 October
12:30–1pm Exhibition Tour: A Deceptively Simple Need
Join artist Alana Hunt and guest curator Jasmin Stephens for a tour of Hunt’s solo exhibition, A Deceptively Simple Need.
Hunt probes ideas of home and land ownership within the framework of the so-called ‘Great Australian Dream’. Exploring these notions through archival research and lived experiences, her new commission reveals the layered and often invisible violences that underpin the everyday need for a home. This tour will offer an opportunity to explore the new work in-depth through a conversation between Alana and Jasmin.
1:30–2pm Exhibition Tour: Vádyé Eshgh وادی عشق (Valley of Love)
Join Second Generation Collective for a tour of Vádyé Eshgh وادی عشق (Valley of Love), a major new commission developed in collaboration with creative advisor Abdul-Rahman Abdullah.
Rooted in the Collective’s dual identities and heritage, the work draws attention to the lived experiences of Iranian-Australian families and explores themes of collective trauma, intergenerational memory, grief and ultimately, love. In a tour led by Collective members Mandana Eizadi, Karmel Faithi, Asha Kiani, Araan Kousari, Khashayar Salmanzadeh and Ramona Zare, learn about the collaborative processes, personal archives and community connections that created the Collective’s work.
2:30–3:30pm Panel Discussion: What Comes Next?
Exploring ideas of home, place and belonging in Australia, join us for a critical and timely conversation building on the themes of Alana Hunt’s A Deceptively Simple Need and Second Generation Collective’s Vádyé Eshgh وادی عشق (Valley of Love). This panel brings together voices from across disciplines to consider how we navigate the basic human need for housing within a settler-colonial system. What does it mean to seek safety, stability or comfort on land that is not ours?
Chaired by Steve Kinnane, a Marda Marda writer and researcher from Mirriwoong Country, the discussion features artist Alana Hunt, artist and co-founder of Second Generation Collective Asha Kiani and Alice Pennycott, Principal Lawyer (Tenancy) for Circle Green Community Legal.
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