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VERNON AH KEE
Premiering at BIG CITY LIGHTS*, Waanyi, Kuku Yalanji, Yidinji and Guugu Yumithirr artist Vernon Ah Kee debuts five new works from his stirring series, Text Is Immediate. Commissioned specifically for the festival, these minimalist texts in powerful black and white demand attention, and will appear in paste-ups across streets and laneways in Southport. With the works remaining long after the festival ends, people are encouraged to take pause and reflect on the discrimination and racial stereotyping Aboriginal people have experienced since the inception of colonisation and still endure every day.
Born 1967, Innisfail, Queensland. Lives and works Brisbane, Queensland. Vernon Ah Kee is a member of the Kuku Yalandji, Waanji, Yidinji and Gugu Yimithirr peoples. His multi-faceted practice includes works that range from large-scale drawings of his ancestors to hard-hitting text-based works and installations. Through clever puns and plays on words and objects, Ah Kee fuses the history and language of colonisation with contemporary black/white political issues to expose degrees of underlying racism in Australian society.
Various locations throughout Southport CBDSouthport CBD QLD 4215
| Friday 21 Jun | 5PM – 9:30PM |
| Saturday 22 Jun | 5PM – 9:30PM |
| Sunday 23 Jun | 5PM – 9:30PM |
| Friday 28 Jun | 5PM – 9:30PM |
| Saturday 29 Jun | 5PM – 9:30PM |
| Sunday 30 Jun | 5PM – 8:30PM |
| Friday 05 Jul | 5PM – 9:30PM |
| Saturday 06 Jul | 5PM – 9:30PM |
| Sunday 07 Jul | 5PM – 8:30PM |
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the Yugambeh Language Region and all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People of the Gold Coast.
We recognise their continuing connection and contributions to country and culture.
We pay respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
