Acknowledgement of Country

Dharug

Bayadyinyang budyari Dharug yiyura Dharug Ngurra.
Bayady’u budyari Dharug Warunggadgu baranyiin barribugu.
Bayady’u budyari wagulgu yiyuragu Ngurra bimalgu Blacktown City. Flannel flowers dyurali bulbuwul.
Yanmannyang mudayi Dharug Ngurrawa. Walama ngyini budbud dali Dharug Ngurra Dharug yiyura baranyiin barribugu.

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English

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of this Land, the Dharug people, and their continued connection to Country.
We pay our respects to Elders from yesterday to tomorrow.
We extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Blacktown City where the flannel flowers still grow proud and strong.
We will walk softly on this land and open our hearts to Country as the Dharug people have for tens of thousands of years.

Credit to: Dharug woman Rhiannon Wright, daughter of Leanne ‘Mulgo’ Watson Redpath and granddaughter of Aunty Edna Watson

Makers Space with HOSSEI

Discover the vibrant and colourful world of HOSSEI in our new Makers Space!

The Makers Space is our brand-new program for 2024 – an immersive and interactive Makers Space for creatives of all ages.

Led by guest artists and curators, the Makers Space offers a year-round, dedicated space for reflection, creativity and play.

For the second iteration, our guest creative is multi-disciplinary artist HOSSEI, known for creating joyful installations and video works that celebrate healing, mysticism and the maternal figure.

HOSSEI invites you to travel through a fantastical outer space-inspired world. Through a multi-layered approach involving costuming, soft sculpture and sound, U.F.O encourages you to test the boundaries of your imagination and release Uncontrollable Feelings Occasionally!

Curated by Talia Smith with support from Adele Walsh, with concept by Louisa Minutillo.
Suitable for all ages.

Bios

HOSSEI is a multidisciplinary artist with Persian, Turkish, and Russian ancestry, whose work addresses his heritage and notions of togetherness and healing.

He was artist-in-residence at UTS Galleries, Sydney, in 2022–3, where he developed his Blesssense products and his exhibition O (2023). His show ESSSENSSSE opened at Verge Gallery in February 2024.

He has also exhibited at West Space in Melbourne, the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia and Artspace in Sydney, and at Dark Mofo in Hobart.

This project is presented by Blacktown Arts and supported by Blacktown City Council and the NSW Government through Create NSW.

Image Credits:

U.F.O Uncontrollable Feelings Occasionally, modelled by Valentina Penkova, photography by Jacquie Manning, graphic design by Alex Tanazefti
HOSSEI, photography by Jacquie Manning

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