Explore the weight/wait exhibition with artists and the curator
To complement the visual artworks, weight/wait will feature a recorded discussion with mentor Aisyah Sumito, curator Maya Quinn and the participating artists Djilandi, Neville, Mia Page and Rain Onsunday. The discussion will provide an opportunity for varying contributors to share, question and discuss the thematic underpinnings of the exhibition for visitors and all interested parties. The conversation will engage the artist’s in discussing the materiality of their pieces in conjunction with gendered ideas about ‘women’s work’. Other focal points will open a dialogue about the grey-area between art-making as an act of resistance and reclamation.
Details
When: Released on Monday 11 April, 1 - 2 pm
Where: Listen on Soundcloud
About the artists
Mia Page (she/they) is a local Boorloo artist working with multimedia including paper, textiles and sculptural materials. Her works are often installation-based and explore themes of sustainability, the body and our relationship with it, trauma and the feminine experience. Their works connect the internal and external through scale, touch and relationships formed between viewer and artwork. Mia has recently graduated from UWA with Bachelor of Fine Arts where she discovered a love of large-scale installations. She is currently exploring ceramics and the limitations of recycled paper while running her own business, Boronia Street, making earrings out of found childrens toys.
Neville (he/they) works with primarily digital mediums to explore historical religious iconography with contemporary queer themes. As both queer and Catholic, their work explores the overlap between their communities and personal experiences of faith, gender, and sexuality. Neville also works as an art historian and is currently undertaking their thesis on gender diversity in Catholic Renaissance art.
Divorcetherain (they/he/her) is an emerging Māori artist born in Whanganui, Aotearoa, now based out of Walyalup on Whadjuk Noongar boodja. Their multidisciplinary works combine the poetic convention with stitching, acrylic painting, images and other ephemera, to recreate an emotionally immersive experience. They draw inspiration from their interpretations of the world around them, with the intent of expressing their own experiences of personal and cultural trauma as a trans/gender non-conforming person of colour; and to increase visibility and understanding of similarly marginalised peoples.
Djilandi Leanne Dolby (she/they) is a proud Yamatji Naaguja, Bard, Yawuru and Gija woman. Her artworks tell stories about existing as a First Nations queer woman in Post-Colonial society. She has been taught the traditional ways of art for 17 years from the Naaguja nation.
About the Youth Week WA KickstART Festival
Presented by Propel Youth Arts WA, the KickstART Festival has been the flagship event of Youth Week WA for 12 years running. KickstART offers over 60 free events - including workshops, talks, performances, mentorships, exhibitions, markets, and other special events - between 8 - 16 April, for young people aged 12-26.
Due to growing concerns about COVID-19 and the anticipated continued spread of Omicron across our communities in Boorloo (Perth) and WA, the Propel team has decided to pivot towards digital and hybrid formats for the delivery of the KickstART Festival this April.
The Youth Week WA KickstART Festival 2022 is presented by Propel Youth Arts WA and is funded by the Government of Western Australia through the Department of Communities and the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries. KickstART is also supported by Lotterywest, the City of Perth, the City of Stirling, the City of Fremantle, and the City of Vincent.