The Kookaburra Self-Relocation Project (WHOSLAUGHINGJACKASS)
- When 17 Jan - 20 Jan 2019
- Where
The Kookaburra Self-Relocation Project (WHOSLAUGHINGJACKASS)
Art & Design academic Fernando do Campo will be presenting a solo commission by Contemporary Arts Tasmania as part of Mona Foma 2020 focusing on the socio-political history of the Kookaburra in Tasmania.
Did you know that the Laughing Kookaburra was introduced to Tassie when they were establishing a colonial zoo? Launceston City Council exchanged the bird from mainland zoos for Thylacine puppies! This was around the turn of the nineteenth century when the bird's name was 'Laughing Jackass'. Nowadays, the laugh of the Kookaburra is a patriotic, yet alien, element of our island’s soundtrack. Part protest, part laughing circle, Fernando and his group of performers will present a series of absurd interventions into public city spaces in dialogue with the Kookaburra.
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Presented by Contemporary Art Tasmania and Mona Foma.
Fernando do Campo is working towards a solo gallery commission at CAT in 2021.
This project assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body; a Faculty Research Grant from UNSW Art & Design, Sydney; and a grant from Create NSW, an agency of the New South Wales Government. The NSW Artists’ Grant is administered by the National Association of the Visual Arts.