A World of One’s Own: Megan Cope

How important is it to connect with a place that is part of your history? What are your responsibilities to make work for ‘your people’ as well as an art audience? Tai Snaith and Megan Cope discuss what it means to move back to work ‘on country’ as a contemporary Indigenous artist. They unpack the complexities of relating to a place and its people, and how that might inform your work in a number of different ways. Megan talks about her involvement with proppaNOW and various travels from the bush to the city, overseas and now back to her father’s country on Quandamooka land. She sheds light on her passion for Middens and how they function in Indigenous culture, and their history as one of the earliest forms of architecture in the landscape. Additional resources: Middens: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midden RE FORMATION at The National, Art Gallery of NSW: https://thisisnofantasy.com/exhibition/the-national-new-australian-art/ ‘Haunt’ at IMA Brisbane: https://ima.org.au/2019-program-announced/ Sovereignty at ACCA: https://thisisnofantasy.com/exhibition/acca-sovereignty-2/ https://acca.melbourne/exhibition/sovereignty/ Blaktism: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/awaye/the-blaktism/5391966 Elizabeth Durack: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Durack proppaNOW: https://proppanow.wordpress.com/about-us/