Blakyard: Black Love and Rage

Date

Thu 8 May

Venue

The Uncle Jack Charles Courtyard

Malthouse

113 Sturt Street, Southbank, VIC 3006

Join Tarneen for a ‘round the fire yarn and make room for Black Love, and Rage.

Conversation

Free

A one-time special event curated by Tarneen Onus-Williams, centering Blakfulla voices, unfiltered. Too often seen but not heard, First Peoples voices are silenced and actively erased. This is an act of ongoing violence perpetrated by the colony.

In a relaxed conversational style around the fire pit, Tarneen will facilitate a yarn with a group of brilliant Blak minds, coming together to express rightful rage, and whatever the mob want to talk about.

Performance Details

Venue

The Uncle Jack Charles Courtyard

Malthouse

113 Sturt Street, Southbank, VIC 3006

Dates & Times

Thu 8 May 9pm

Tickets

Free, booking required TICKETING ENQUIRIES Email: yirramboi@melbourne.vic.gov.au ACCESSIBILITY ENQUIRIES Venue Phone: (03) 9685 5111 Venue Email:  boxoffice@malthousetheatre.com.au

Host

Tarneen Onus Williams (they/them), Gunditjmara/Bindal/Yorta Yorta/Meriam

Tarneen Onus Williams Tarneen Onus Williams is a proud Gunditjmara, Bindal, Yorta Yorta and Meriam person. Tarneen is also queer and non-binary currently living on the unceded land of the Wurundjeri peoples. Tarneen is a community organiser for Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance working on Invasion Day, Black Deaths in Custody and Stop the forced closures of Aboriginal Communities and more. They are a filmmaker and writer and have been published in IndigenousX, Crikey, NITV and RightNow. Tarneen’s film “young mob questioning treaty” has been screened internationally at ImagineNATIVE in Toronto and Tampere Film Festival in Finland. Tarneen works as the First Nations Community Organising Lead at Australian Progress.

Additional Information

This outdoor event offers a relaxed conversation around a fire with both seated and standing options.

Wheelchair Accessible
Relaxed Space Available

Presented by YIRRAMBOI, in association with Malthouse.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.

Course language, adult content, smoke/fire. Recommended for ages 18 and up.