INVASIA

3/31/2017

CURLY

11/27/2017 09:24:40 pm

Invasia played on jan 26 in the heart of Redfern, interesting to note the Waradjeri actor won the election, spoken and played by Lorna Munro. It was a landslide win, from the 45 people present 35 voted for blue - Waradjeri. the vast majority of those voters voting for Blue was also stunningly silent as to why. Yes the language was spoken beautifully, it is rare to hear- but there still was a hesitation to our vocality of why Blue. Do we feel certain pressures or obligations that we are not yet comfortable with? Do we still feel unfree to state our view regardless of morality? or cultural expectations? Many cultures of the world have been colonised and horrific crimes done in the name of civilisation. How can we as modern day contemporary thinkers feel included and inclusive, and of value to our feelings? How can we reconcile the actual present and find our voice. It seems indeed we are aurally racist. Our preferences are indeed based on prejudice.

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10/13/2018 11:38:19 pm

Australia Day remains a celebration for some, but for many others, it is an occasion to remember the atrocities that originated in 1788, and continue to happen to our Aboriginal peoples on a daily basis. There is no question that a significant proportion of the population understands the remorse that should feature on the day, although very few are able to conceive of any proper action that would extend beyond words of sorrow and guilt. We run the risk of turning the occasion into an opportunity for a kind of emotional absolution, that is ultimately inconsequential.

Invasia imagines an absurd scenario, whereby a new ruler is democratically elected to take over the Australian government, with dictatorial powers that enable them to determine a whole new way of life. Five individuals take to the stage, reciting passionate diatribes, in various non-English languages. We are mostly confounded, restricted by our monolingualism, unable to understand anything. Listening takes on a different meaning, as we move away from the activity of deciphering words, to becoming open to the other signifiers in communication. We are forced to connect on other levels, heart to heart perhaps, in trying to reach something concrete, and mutual.

It is easy to talk about the dismantling of failing systems through radical ideas, but we never go through with them. We take small steps instead, and are frustrated that change is invisible. If the problem is identified as being a white patriarchal thing, we want to conceive of a solution that simply replaces an ethnicity for another, a gender for another, except existing power structures will easily determine that the staus quo remains. The art of Invasia provides no answer to our Australia Day woes, but it is a strong articulation of the many questions, relevant and pertinent, even if we comprehend none of its words.

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