Presented in our level 2 Project Space, Re / Connecting by Yorta Yorta artist Moorina Bonini is based upon the artist’s interaction with the Lisa Bellear Photographic Collection held by the Koorie Heritage Trust.
Touch
The feel of the photo
seeing familiar facesFeeling and
Seeing the strength of mob
An inherent connectionI recognise
These elements
which are gathered
and reconnected
throughaction
Moorina Bonini is a proud Yorta Yorta woman and member of the Dhulunyagen family clan of Ulupna and a member of the Briggs family. Moorina is a practicing artist whose works are inspired by her own experiences as an Aboriginal and Italian woman and within her practice creates artwork that examines contemporary Indigenous histories through the use of installation and video.