Visit ‘Ghosts in the Kitchen: Food, Memory and Resistance in First Nations Australia,’ an exhibition at Blacktown Arts showing until 13 December and experience an array of Elisa Jane Carmichael’s exquisite woven works; Gulayi #1, Carrying Fish Trap, and Mangrove Bark Vessel 2. Reflecting the exhibition theme of food as emblematic of cultural resistance and kinship, Elisa Jane Carmichael expresses that Carrying Fish Trap carries “our culture from the past and into the present and the future. They are shaped as though they are carrying saltwater waves from Quandamooka Waters. We are the people of the sand and seas.”
Curated by Rebecca Ray, ‘Ghosts in the Kitchen’ is an exhibition “where food is not merely sustenance but a medium for memory, identity and resistance – a ritual act rooted in kinship, land and spirit. Through an Indigenous gothic lens, this exhibition foregrounds the cultural trauma of colonial food systems while illuminating the powerful resurgence of Indigenous food sovereignty today.”
Images: Louis Lim. Courtesy of the artist and Onespace.