Celestial Emu
Join us at Sydney Observatory to celebrate First Nations sky and Country.
Program
Performance
Akala Newman singing in Gadigal.
Talk
Gail Mabo in conversation with Rachael Hocking (Common Ground).
Premiere
Celestial Emu is a short film project with Gamilaroi astrophysicist Karlie Noon and dancer Daniel Mateo, directed by Olivia Costa.
Tours
First Nations sky tours with Uncle Ghillar Michael Anderson.
Telescope viewing (subject to cloud cover).
Exhibition
I Put The Stars On The Ground highlights First Nations custodianship to Sky Country and illustrates the site’s evolution into a public educational space and museum.
Pop-Up
Powerhouse Shop
Speaker
Gail Mabo is a proud Meriam woman of the Piadram clan in the Torres Strait Islands region. Gail’s artistic practices range from performance to visual art and are based on her Indigenous cultural practices and knowledges. Gail began her artistic career in 1979 as a dancer and has since cemented her cultural works throughout numerous mediums of art practice. Gail is the daughter of the esteemed Eddie Koiki Mabo who is the inspiration behind her work Tagai.
Also in the Series
Castle Hill Science Day
Space for Earth | Susmita Mohanty and Janna Levin
Our Crowded Skies | Moriba Jah and Trevor Paglen
Passport to Space | Susmita Mohanty and Maya Nasr
Black Hole Survival Guide | Janna Levin and Christian Wolf
Bodies in Space | Katherine Bennell-Pegg and Xin Liu
