MOTHER TONGUE

Voice of the Land, Voice of the People, Voice of our Heart, Voice of Mother – Mother Tongue

ARTIST: Dr Vicki Couzens
COMMUNITY ARTISTS: Koorrin Edwards, Abiola Akinbiyi, Skye Harrison, Mrinal Kanty Das, Ngun Bor Chin, Aye Min Htoo, Naw Say Htoo Eh Moero, Mark Htoosaw Kunoo, Eh Su, Alvin Dohnaytoo Htoosaw, Deborah Lupwaydoh Htoosaw, Dar Wi, Mae Sie, Marie Pewhairangi, Beverley Hills, Te Rina Eruera, Ariana Chase, Divya Bahukhandi.
ROLE: Design, Fabrication
CLIENT: City of Wyndham, Bangladesh Association
LOCATION: Tarneit Community Learning Centre
YEAR: 2021

First Voice, the universal sounds of our Mother Earth. Sound is the beginning, Creation. Sound resonates, is shaped by our speaking, our vocalisations. In this thinking I honour First People of Country, the kith and kin of the Creatures of the lands, skies and waters; Spirits of place and those others of our brothers and sisters in humanity, who have come to live here from other places. It is our shared voices, our languages, our Mother Tongues that give agency to the sharing of our collective humanity; our lived experiences in this time, in times to come and the times that have been.

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