Griffith University Art Museum Moving Image and Sound Archive
Artists: Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA), Peter Kennedy and John Hughes, Tracey Moffatt and Randall Wood
Curator: Carrie McCarthy
Things we have known always takes inspiration from ISEA2024’s theme Everywhen, the concept that while many western cultures believe time is a constant that travels in a linear progression, Australian Indigenous knowledges describe the before then, then, now and the future then existing in the constant presence of place: The Everywhen.
These works exist at the nexus of art and First Nations’ ways of knowing and highlight the role of storytellers as conduits between past, present and future through their understanding of, and relationship to, place. Primarily championing the voices of Indigenous Australian women, Things we have always known features groundbreaking works that were at the forefront of using art and technology to reimagine and reclaim cultural legacies, amplify marginalised voices, and foster deep connections with the land and multitude of human experiences that surround us.
The Griffith University Art Museum Moving Image and Sound Portal is located within GUAM’s public gallery at South Bank, and allows audiences to view curated selections from the Griffith University Moving Image and Sound Archive, one of the largest collections of Australian early experimental video art. The archive offers a unique and detailed account of pivotal moments in Australian art history, and was preserved via digitisation over a four year period. The portal makes this unique resource accessible, and forms part of the research outcomes for the three-year ARC Linkage project ‘Archiving Australian Media Arts: Towards a method and a national collection’, which is dedicated to the preservation of digital media in Australia.
List of works: Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) Dam Special from the series ‘Nganampa Anwernekenhe’ 1991; Peter Kennedy and John Hughes On sacred land 1983-84; Tracey Moffatt Moodeitj Yorgas 1988; and Randall Wood Goori Goori Dreaming 1993.
Image: Tracey Moffatt Moodeitj Yorgas 1988. Film, colour, sound, 22min. Griffith University Art Collection. Purchased with assistance from the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, 1994. Courtesy the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
URL: https://www.griffith.edu.au/art-museum/moving-image-sound-archive/Program