BLAK OUT – FIRST NATIONS STORIES AND IDEAS

WHERE: Barnet Long Room, Customs House
COST: $10-$15, free for First Nations People

A celebration of Blak excellence, Blak Out showcases established and emerging Aboriginal artists, exploring their own stories and experiences within the national arts landscape.   

Challenging deficit narratives, Blak Out explores what it means to be excellent. More specifically, what Blak excellence looks like within the colony and how we as First Nations artists and performers can uphold our cultural obligations to carve out and hold space for new voices outside the norm.

Performance, panel and conversation – stay for the whole session or feel welcome to drop-in.

Spoken word performances
12pm–1pm

Artist and audience panel and discussion
1pm–2pm

HOST: Rob Waters
FEATURES: Luke Currie-Richardson, Laurie May, Kryton Stewart and more to be announced.
GUEST CURATOR: Rob Waters

This Story Week event is presented by Word Travels and City of Sydney.

Rob Waters (Blak Out – First Nations Stories and Ideas) – photo credit: Kris Winter @MyUntamedLens