‘Some memory cannot be documented. Some memory lives in the body.’
— Dr Natalie Harkin, Archival-Poetics (Vagabond Press, 2019)
My Blood Sings Old Songs gathers artists who capture what is not always said—but deeply felt. The works in this exhibition resonate over time, unraveling layers of the body and the quiet weight of being seen, where movement becomes a vessel for remembrance.
Hovering between an ending and a beginning, each gesture holds the knowledge that there’s a certain sadness of memories that cannot be shared with those who were never there. Yet what ties us together is a shared understanding that ripples across cultures and communities, through performance and the spaces between what is known and shadowed.
Through new commissions and existing works, artists Atong Atem, Leyla Stevens, Jahkarli Felicitas Romanis (Pitta Pitta), Jenna Lee (Gulumerridjin (Larrakia), Wardaman, and KarraJarri), Sonja Hodge (Lardil), wani toaishara, and Tracey Moffatt, consider how memory is embodied and passed on to honour echoes of legacy, entangled with grief and joy, and cultural storytelling unfolds in gestures and resonance—held within our bloodlines.
Curated by Maya Hodge.
