er pavilion
with Brendan Moore, Melissa Cameron, Syrinx + ICS Australia
2023 Fremantle Biennale SIGNALS
Video by Thomas Müller + Brendan Moore + Katherine Ashe
the void’s salt stories
carved into constellation
Djallam bardip
kodjat walyalup boodjarak
a series of notes drawn
ephemeral structures traced
Koora wirnt
kwornt ngaran-iny
disparate fragments announced
a lightness of presence layered
Kendjil karda
biargar nidja
Mother/Sun
Ngarngk
concentrate elements to belong
koorliny gep ngan-iny gep
a collective composition repairs
Nidja kwoornt daan did-iny
before and after its being
koora wer korliny
together spaces
where one hesitates
Ngalla nidja
windji noonook kaatidj
in a place and time drink
Yeyi Nidjak ngan-iny gep
a natural utterance
Er.
Dtabakarn
Brendan Moore - Noongar translation
Photographs: Emma Daisy