Renewing and extending the SOE research culture: Towards a creative practice in education hub
The project aims to develop a better understanding of how displaced persons (DPs) from Ukraine are experiencing their long-distance transition to and life in Western Australia (WA), focusing on the impact of displacement on their wellbeing.
This project is funded by Healthway and Lotterywest and is conducted by Professor Jaya Dantas and Dr Tetiana Bogachenko, with assistance from Larysa Chybis and Yuan Lim from Curtin University.
“The Story Of Us’ is a body of work that is focused on asylum seekers and refugees in Australia. I’ve painted portraits of them and also recorded interviews with them so the viewer listens to their story while they view the paintings. ABC, SBS and The West have all told me they are coming along to cover it”
Seasaw magazine noted: While refugees are visible in the media, their individual stories are often unheard. This paradox drove artist Sid Pattni to create a new immersive exhibition that brings the experiences of refugees and asylum seekers to light.
A Creative Works research project at The Moore’s Gallery, Fremantle, March 2020
A Digital Sabbath is the practice of unplugging from all technology for one day per week, with the aim of increasing social connectedness and mitigating stress and burnout by decreasing our overuse of technology.
More about the study can be found here
