Elyas Alavi, Cheshme-e jaan (The Spirit Spring) 2023, installation view with artist, TarraWarra Biennial 2023: ua usiusi faʻavaʻasavili . Courtesy of the artist. Photo: James Henry Photography

TarraWarra Biennial 2023 Artist Talks: Hoda Afshar and Elyas Alavi

Sunday 18 June 2023

2pm

TarraWarra Biennial 2023 artists Hoda Afshar and Elyas Alavi will be in conversation about the site-responsive community engagement that enabled their new artworks.

The conversation will be in both Persian/Dari (Farsi) and English.

Your ticket includes exhibition entry between 11am and 5pm, 18 June to TarraWarra Biennial 2023: ua usiusi faʻavaʻasavili, curated by Dr Léuli Eshrāghi.

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TarraWarra Biennial 2023: ua usiusi faʻavaʻasavili, curated by Dr Léuli Eshrāghi is an exhibition featuring newly commissioned works by 15 artists/artist groups focused on the interconnectedness of the peoples of Australia, Asia and the Great Ocean. The title of the TarraWarra Biennial 2023, ua usiusi faʻavaʻasavili, is an alagāʻupu, Sāmoan proverb, meaning ‘the canoe obeys the wind’

Installation view of Hoda Afshar's artwork

Hoda Afshar, Speak the Wind 2015–21, installation view, TarraWarra Biennial 2023: ua usiusi faʻavaʻasavili .Courtesy of the artist and Milani Gallery, Brisbane. Photo: Andrew Curtis

Hoda Ashfar. Photo by Sarah Pannell

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