Representing the Invisible
deTour Description
For anyone who is unfamiliar with Australian history, prepare to be shocked and disturbed; this tour is purposefully designed to expose patrons to the darker aspects of Australian history, namely: settler colonialism, and the implications it had for the lives of indigenous Australians, as well as other minority groups both in the past, and present.
It is often convenient for us to forget that this nation was founded on an active dispossession of Aboriginal land and the disavowal of indigenous peoples and their history. Throughout this tour, patrons will not only be reminded of some of the heinous crimes that took place in the formative years of our nations history, but they will also have considerable time to reflect on the various ways these crimes impacted the lives of indigenous people.
Rest assured however, this tour is not all doom and gloom; and it is not my intention to leave you feeling guilt ridden and helpless over our nations past; rather, I wish to provide insight into how contemporary street artists have used this form of postmodern art to represent and reassert the identity and presence of a disenfranchised and disaffected group on this land, by challenging the oppression of first nations people which has persisted over centuries.