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A British flag « in the blood » at an arts festival of the First Nations peoples from areas colonized by the British Empire « .
The performance by Spanish artist Santiago Sierra, entitled Union Flag, was presented by the organizers of the annual Dark Mofo event in Tasmania, which will take place between 16 and 22 June, announced as « first major project for the festival 2021 ».
In a statement, the organizers of Dark Mofo said they invited « expressions of interest » from « First Nations peoples from countries and territories that are At some point in their history they were colonized by the British Empire and live in Australia « .
» Participants must donate a small amount of blood for the artwork to be made before the festival val is supported by a medical professional, « said the organizers.
» Once the expressions of interest are closed, one participant will be selected at random to represent each country (e.g. B. a person from Canada, one from New Zealand, one from Sudan, one from Fiji etc.). «
The organizers said that the British flag » once dipped in blood, will be displayed during the festival « .
In a statement, Sierra said the « First Nations in Australia suffered enormously and brutally from British colonialism.
» Nowhere like Tasmania, where the Black War was devastating in the early 19th century and almost killed the entire Tasmanian Aboriginal population – an act that has since been defined as genocide. «
Nala Mansell of the Tasmanian Aboriginal Center said the performance was » a great opportunity to raise awareness of the massacres « .
« I think it’s a great idea to recognize the Aboriginal blood that is on the British flag and the Union Jack, » she said.
« Look, I don’t know, I think Aboriginal people have Spilled a lot of blood in the last 200 years sen, « she said.
» I understand the idea of blood on the flag, but I’m not sure it’s appropriate to ask the Aborigines to donate blood when we’ve shed enough blood. » / p> « I just think there could be other ways to mark the spilled blood without having to ask the Aborigines. »
Dark Mofo’s creative director Leigh Carmichael described Sierra’s work as « complex, sometimes confrontational and much of his work deals with social inequalities « .
He has been hired to come up with a new piece of work for Dark Mofo. Today’s announcement is the result of nearly two years of work between his studio and the festival team. «
Participants in the project do not have to prove their cultural identity, according to the organizers.
In 2016, inverted illuminated crosses were erected in several places around Hobart’s wharf, warning some critics that the festival was » dark Powers « into the city.
In 2017, the Austrian provocateur Hermann Nitsch carried out a performance in which volunteer participants smeared themselves into the bloody entrails of a slaughtered bull with the carcass, which was used as part of an hour-long show.
In 2018, spectators gathered at a city intersection to see performance artist Mike Parr buried in a buried container, only to reappear days later.
In February, Carmichael said the festival had decided that Avoid sponsorship for his 2021 return after it was canceled due to COVID last year.
Mr. Carmichael said at the time that his team was « looking good. » Lich the value of Dark Mofo for Tasmania and we felt that it would slowly lose its appeal if we weren’t able to continue on this verge of the edge that sponsors sometimes get a little nervous about « .
» We want to be able to pursue our own cultural agenda freely and with a renewed commitment to the arts. «
We recognize the Aboriginal people and the Torres Strait Islanders as the first Australians and traditional administrators of the countries where we live, learn and work.
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