Exquisite Corpse (Outdoors)

The exhibition title Exquisite Corpse refers not only to the collaborative drawing game popularised by the surrealists (who in turn, appropriated Oceanic objects and ideas), but also to the cumulative migrant experience in post-colonial Australia.

This mashup of experiences is collaged together to understand inherited and enduring legacies. Reflecting on her experiences as a person from two different colonies (Australia and Fiji), Salote Tawale uses Indigenous knowledge systems as a foundational basis for inquiry. Tawale invites points of human connection, using physical objects to tether images to the real world. A combination of components signify different natural and made objects, each contributing their own tonal vibration within the space.

This outdoor installation is part of a major exhibition inside the Roslyn Smorgon Gallery in Footscray Community Arts.