2BEACHES is a process driven video installation developed through interviews conducted with a diverse range of Australians from across the Asian diaspora. The work surveys values and beliefs that have the potential to challenge the dominant paradigms and policies of a country founded under colonialism.
2BEACHES combines long-term grass roots community consultation within an advanced experimental digital artwork. The work surveys the ideas that inform the values and beliefs of under-represented Australians; these ideas have the potential to challenge the dominant paradigms and policies of a country founded under colonialism. The interviews elicit thoughtful responses to probing questions around ethics, philosophy, theology, cosmology, democracy and sociology.
By articulating a multiplicity of knowledge systems the project’s aim is to prepare a syncretic philosophy, towards understanding the principles that may define our future island nation.Current work in progress here
2BEACHES is a project from Associate Artist and Former OSCA AD Dario Vacirca. It has been developed in association with many interstate, international and local artists including Mona Khizam and South Australian community respondents.
Click HERE to listen to keynote speech by guest speaker Durkhanai Ayubi at the 2016 Forum, Semaphore, South Australia.
