Between the Archives: an Indigenous Perspective, SA

Created through The Guildhouse Collections Project in partnership with the City of Adelaide and presented with Tarnanthi Festival, 'Between the Archives' emerges from Wangkumara artist Crista Bradshaw's engagement with the City of Adelaide Archives.

Responding to the historical maps, records and administrative documents that attempted to define — and, in doing so, overwrite — Tarntanya on Kaurna Yarta, the work reflects on the colonial claiming of the place now known as "Adelaide." These records reveal how official histories were shaped through imported systems of authority that worked to diminish existing sovereign custodianship.

Through video, projection and material experimentation, Bradshaw reframes the archive from a First Nations perspective, drawing attention to what is preserved and what is omitted. The work invites audiences to consider the cultural knowledge that continues beyond colonial record-keeping, and the enduring custodianship of First Nations people over this land, past, present and future.

The Guildhouse Collections Project + City of Adelaide is supported by CreateSA and presented with Tarnanthi Festival.