PERMANENT SMOKO, Oct 2025
Wilyakali and Barkindji Country | Broken Hill, NSW w/
@laurieoxenford_art /
@_publicpalace &
@slagheapprojects .
𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘴, 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘦, 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘺𝘢𝘣𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘦 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘔𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘦’𝘴 𝘫𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴, 𝘏𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘢𝘯’𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯, 𝘜𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱, 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘩’𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘫𝘢𝘮, 𝘚𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘫'𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘴, 𝘧𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘢𝘺𝘢’𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘵𝘦, 𝘣𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘺𝘴, 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘸, 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭 (𝘨𝘰 𝘚𝘭𝘶𝘨𝘴!), 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘮.
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PERMANENT SMOKO was a ten-day, site-responsive residency brimming with shared meals, smokos, field trips and studio time.
Working with second-hand and borrowed materials, this collaborative installation was made with the Slag community in response to Broken Hill, its histories, culture, resources, labour, distances and edges.
Endless thanks to Asma, Hester and Verity of Slag Heap Projects and the Slag community for holding us, Broken Hill Art Exchange for housing us, the Tip Shop for loaning us materials, and to Cynthia Schwertsik and Taya Mikah Solomon for sharing in this special time.
This project was made possible through Regional Arts NSW through the Regional Arts Fund, an Australian Government initiative supporting the arts in regional, remote and very remote Australia. #regionalartsnsw #regionalartsaustralia
