“Parragirls Past, Present” by Jill Bennett, Alex Davies, Volker Kuchelmeister, Bonney Djuric, Lily Hibberd, Lynne Edmondson Paskovski, Gypsie Hayes, Denise Nicholas
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- Parragirls Past, Present
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- ISEA2018: 24th International Symposium on Electronic Art
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‘Parragirls Past, Present’ is a deeply moving immersive 360-degree virtual reality project that presents former residents’ visions of Parramatta Girls Home, a punitive Australian child welfare institution closed in 1974. This project develops new digital media approaches to testimony and memory arising from otherwise marginalised institutional experiences. Unlocking contested memories of institutional ‘care’, this collaboration between a team of UNSW Sydney media artists and former Parragirls rewrites the history of Parramatta Girls Home. Over a century, children held at this site were subjected to unwarranted punishment and abuse. Returning after 40 years, Parragirls seek out traces to substantiate what really happened here, moving through fear and futile confinement to resistance and solidarity.
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All Works by the Artist(s) in This Archive:
- Jill Bennett
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Parragirls Past, Present
[ ISEA2018] - Alex Davies
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Drift
[ ISEA2004] -
The Very Near Future
[ ISEA2013] -
Parragirls Past, Present
[ ISEA2018] -
Slipstream
[ ISEA2018] - Volker Kuchelmeister
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Improvisation Technologies: Bill Fo...
[ ISEA95] -
City Jam
[ ISEA2013] -
Double District
[ ISEA2013] -
Point of View
[ ISEA2013] -
Juxtaposition
[ ISEA2013] -
Experimental Shorts
[ ISEA2012] -
Parragirls Past, Present
[ ISEA2018] - Bonney Djuric
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Parragirls Past, Present
[ ISEA2018] - Lily Hibberd
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Parragirls Past, Present
[ ISEA2018] - Lynne Edmondson Paskovski
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Parragirls Past, Present
[ ISEA2018] - Gypsie Hayes
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Parragirls Past, Present
[ ISEA2018] - Denise Nicholas
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Parragirls Past, Present
[ ISEA2018]