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'Courting Blakness: Recalibrating Knowledge in the Sandstone University was a groundbreaking exhibition curated by UQ Adjunct Professor, Fiona Foley. Located in the University of Queensland’s Great Court between September 5-28 in 2014, the project brought together works in different media by Ryan Presley, Archie Moore, Rea, Natalie Harkin, Karla Dickens, Christian Thompson, Megan Cope and Michael Cook.' (Source: About webpage)
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Web pages include:
Artists Profiles
Michael Cook, Christian Thompson, Karla Dickens, Megan Cope, Natalie Harkin, rea, Ryan Presley, and Archie Moore.
Artworks:
Through My Eyes by Michael Cook
Fourteen Nations by Archie Moore
Debt by Ryan Presley
The Honey and the Bunny by Karla Dickens
The Blaktism by Megan Cope
Poles Apart - Tracking video by r e a
Dhagunyilangu (Brother) by Christian Thompson
The Book
Courting Blakness: Recalibrating Knowledge in the Sandstone University
Symposium
Courting Blakness turned the University of Queensland’s Great Court into a platform for a national symposium exploring the relationship between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the University as a prestigious knowledge institution.'
Videos
Videos featuring Archie Moore, Barbara Sullivan, Campbell Gray, Chelsea Bond, Fiona Foley, Fiona Nicoll, Kelly Greenop, Lilla Watson, Ryan Presley, Sally Butler, Sean Edgecomb and Zala Volcic.
Memories
Chelsea Bond
Greg Phillips
Essays
see contents below
Contents
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Reflection on Megan Cope,
single work
essay
Note: This is an edited version of an essay by Catherine Lawrence
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Reflection on R E A and Natalie Harkin,
single work
essay
Note: This is an edited version of an essay by Carol Masel
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Reflections on Ryan Presley,
single work
essay
Note: This is an edited version of an essay by Jacob Warren.
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Reflection on Archie Moore,
single work
essay
Note: This is an edited version of an essay by David Bergener
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Reflection on Christian Thompson,
single work
essay
Note: This is an edited version of an essay by Alice-Anne Psaltis.
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Reflection on Karla Dickens,
single work
essay
Note: This is an edited version of an essay by Jessica Brodie
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Reflection on Michael Cook,
single work
essay
Note: This is an edited version of an essay by Kathryn Halliday
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Related Works
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Courting Blakness : Recalibrating Knowledge in the Sandstone University
Fiona Foley
(editor),
Louise Martin-Chew
(editor),
Fiona Jean Nicoll
(editor),
St Lucia
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University of Queensland Press
,
2015
8903175
2015
selected work
criticism
'In a bold and unprecedented project, acclaimed international artist Fiona Foley curated a cutting edge installation in the University of Queensland's sandstone Great Court. Universities have traditionally been elite institutions, overlooking and undervaluing the knowledge contributions of Indigenous thinkers, activists and artists. This history is etched into the walls of the Great Court, with anachronistic concepts of humanity and racial difference revealed in many of friezes and sculptural reliefs. Fiona Foley and her team of eight Aboriginal artists aimed to challenge these concepts...'
Works about this Work
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Courting Blakness : Recalibrating Knowledge in the Sandstone University
2014
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 39 no. 1/2 2014; (p. 206-216) 'The Great Court of The University of Queensland at St Lucia is an everyday agora for students, staff and visitors, and a fondly-appreciated public space. Built and branded to underscore commitment to the development of Queensland's tertiary educational system, to secure the University's entry onto the list of elite "sandstone universities" dotted across Australia, and to create an iconic symbol of UQ's presence,1 (Moore, 19) the Great Court is lovely on a breezy, late spring afternoon, but it is by no means a neutral space/territory for everyone: the St Lucia campus is built upon Jagera and Turrbal country.' (Abstract)
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Courting Blakness : Recalibrating Knowledge in the Sandstone University
2014
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 39 no. 1/2 2014; (p. 206-216) 'The Great Court of The University of Queensland at St Lucia is an everyday agora for students, staff and visitors, and a fondly-appreciated public space. Built and branded to underscore commitment to the development of Queensland's tertiary educational system, to secure the University's entry onto the list of elite "sandstone universities" dotted across Australia, and to create an iconic symbol of UQ's presence,1 (Moore, 19) the Great Court is lovely on a breezy, late spring afternoon, but it is by no means a neutral space/territory for everyone: the St Lucia campus is built upon Jagera and Turrbal country.' (Abstract)
- University of Queensland, St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,
