Slag Heap
Projects acknowledges the Wilyakali and Barkindji people, the
traditional custodians of the lands, waters and skies within which our gallery
and programs operate. We recognise that connection to culture and community is strong, and sovereignty has never been ceded.
Through our gallery and off-site programs, Slag Heap Projects’ advocates for Far West NSW artists by facilitating experimentation, place-based research and commercial engagement. Slag Heap Projects wants to understand increasingly complex cultural frictions by creating a space where art is a tool for inquiry.
Slag heap, Round Hill, Lake Pamamaroo, Stephen’s Creek, Wilyakali and Barkindji Country, 2021-23. Photo: Hester Lyon
Zena
Cumpston (Barkandji/Kurnu) ‘Return’ #6, 2024
linocut collage
on Fabriano paper, painted with kopi (framed)
Edition of 5 (+
2 AP)
62 x 44 cm $1,100
'Return' #6 speaks to the inter-relationships
between people, plants and animals over millennia. 'Return' #6 features
spiny-head mat-rush, a plant that has been utlised to weave technologies (such
as eel and fish traps) as well as baskets and mats. This work alludes to the
galaxy of knowledge alive in our communities, and the layers of Country that
hold ways of knowing that intersect and illuminate each other, passed down
through culture over time.
