Samstag Gallery 2 & 3

Andrew Burrell / Allison Chhorn / Louise Haselton / the ArcHitects (Gary Carsley and Renjie Teoh) / with poetry by Natalie Harkin (Narungga)

As the city’s cultural boulevard, North Terrace is emblematic of Tarntanya/Adelaide’s founding on Kaurna Yarta and the conduct of colonial relations today. In this suite of new works, curated by guest curator Jasmin Stephens, artists from Adelaide, Singapore and Sydney respond to the city’s environs and the world views that they convey. The exhibition begins with Narungga poet/activist Natalie Harkin’s text Cultural Precinct, first published in 2016. Harkin’s refrain …these limestone walls… haunts this exhibition in which the artists cast a critical eye over North Terrace’s familiar and lesser-known aspects. Invoking histories of sculpture, moving image and design, the exhibition draws on the collection of the University of South Australia’s Architecture Museum.