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'Norman washes the clothes by hand in water drawn from the Hawksbury River, which runs through part of the artist’s ancestral country. The Hawksbury region was one of the first areas outside of Port Jackson (Sydney) to be occupied by free settlers, and saw some of the earliest and bloodiest conflicts between local clans and Europeans.'
'Norman washes the clothes silently and hangs them to dry on lines which intersect the space. When the clothes are hung out, they form an unstable surface for a looping projection of analogue slides, each hand inscribed with the name, date and location of every documented massacre of Indigenous people that has taken place on the Australian continent under British colonial rule.'
'Audiences reclaim their clothing once it is dry- it is returned to them bearing the symbolic trace of a violent and largely unspoken history.' (Source: Sarah-Jane Norman website)
Production Details
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Performer: Sarah-Jane Norman
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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History Is Dissected
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 19 October no. 637 2016; (p. 32)
— Review of The River's Children 2013 single work drama ; Take This, for It Is My Body 2010 single work drama 'As part of Melbourne Dancehouse's biennial 'Dance Territories' celebration, Wannarua and Wiradjuri woman Sarah-Jane Norman will present The River's Children and Take this, for it is my body. ...'
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History Is Dissected
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 19 October no. 637 2016; (p. 32)
— Review of The River's Children 2013 single work drama ; Take This, for It Is My Body 2010 single work drama 'As part of Melbourne Dancehouse's biennial 'Dance Territories' celebration, Wannarua and Wiradjuri woman Sarah-Jane Norman will present The River's Children and Take this, for it is my body. ...'