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Hobart winter festival Dark Mofo will work to include Aboriginal artists at future events after copping a backlash over a piece that proposed soaking a British flag in the blood of Indigenous people.
The popular event was in March forced to pull the pin on the project by controversial Spanish artist Santiago Sierra.
Mr Sierra had asked for Indigenous people to donate their blood for an artwork he dubbed an anti-colonisation statement.
Dark Mofo creative director Leigh Carmichael says a $60,000 seed fund will be set up for Tasmanian Aboriginal artists to develop proposals for future festivals.
The fund will be managed by a yet-to-be-appointed First Nations cultural advisory group.
Dark Mofo placed a call out for donations of Aboriginal blood, provoking a storm of comments on social media Courtesy of Dark Mofo
The Dark Mofo art festival in Tasmania has launched a $60,000 fund to encourage Tasmanian Aboriginal artists to develop proposals for future festivals. Last month, tensions flared when the festival announced plans for a crowd-sourced project in which the Spanish artist Santiago Sierra would soak the British flag in a bucket of blood drawn from people whose native territories were colonised by the British empire.
“This is just our first step, and we hope this announcement demonstrates our commitment to Tasmanian Aboriginal people,” the creative director, Leigh Carmichael, says of the fund in a statement. “We want to present more local content, and believe this programme will . ensure that Tasmanian Aboriginal artists will be well represented going forward.”
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Hobart winter festival Dark Mofo will work to include Aboriginal artists at future events after copping a backlash over a piece that proposed soaking a British flag in the blood of Indigenous people.
The popular event was in March forced to pull the pin on the project by controversial Spanish artist Santiago Sierra.
Mr Sierra had asked for Indigenous people to donate their blood for an artwork he dubbed an anti-colonisation statement.
Dark Mofo creative director Leigh Carmichael says a $60,000 seed fund will be set up for Tasmanian Aboriginal artists to develop proposals for future festivals.
The fund will be managed by a yet-to-be-appointed First Nations cultural advisory group.
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