Karrabing Film Collective
The Mermaids, or Aiden in Wonderland
From September 11 to October 31, 2020
Karrabing Film Collective is a group of approximately 30 artists based in the Belyuen community in Autralia’s Northern Territory who approach filmmaking as a means to self-organize and to resist the subjugation of colonial oppression. Their film, The Mermaids, or Aiden in Wonderland (2018), immerses viewers in a surreal, almost psychedelic exploration of extractive capitalism and its toxic impact on human and non-human life. Combining documentary and fantasy, the film is set in a not so distant future where the land and sea are completely poisoned by industrial waste. White people can no longer survive outdoors for long periods of time. Aiden, a young Indigenous man who was taken as a baby for a medical experiment, is released back into the world. Setting out with his father and brother, he is confronted with the dreams and memory of his people and their land, as well as layers of bleak speculative futures.
This program includes The Mermaids, or Aiden in Wonderland and Coney Island Baby as well as a conversation between Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill and Tania Willard regarding the work of Karrabing Film Collective and a video response by Karrabing Film Collective on the work Coney Island Baby.
Other exhibitions
Jeneen Frei Njootli, Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill, Chandra Melting Tallow and Tania Willard
Noorafshan Mirza and Brad Butler
From September 11 to December 18, 2020
Dazibao receives financial support from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Conseil des arts de Montréal, the Ministère de la Culture et des Communications and the Ville de Montréal.
Dazibao acknowledges that we are located on unceded territory of the Kanien'kehá: ka Nation and that Tiohtiá: ke / Montreal is historically known as a gathering place for many First Nations, and today, is home to a diverse population of Indigenous as well as other peoples.