Adorned - Wisdom, Memory and Song

Adorned – Wisdom, Memory and Song is a 21 minute video installation featuring collaborative performances and handmade wearables by a diverse community of Western Sydney artists and makers.

It features work by Gail Barclay, Tamkin Hakim, Farzana Hekmat, Seinileva Huakau, Hilin Kazemi, Angela Paikea, Tacheen Stuart, Marina Robins, Kathryn Yuen and Susan Ling Young.

The Adorned artists met weekly over a 10 month period to share making skills and stories, discuss memories and culture, and create wearable art. With an open-door approach the workshops were guided by Liam Benson and Kiri Morcombe.

Guest dance and performance teachers Athena Cabot, Caroline Garcia, Amrita Hepi and Salote Tawale engaged the group with performance and script development as new mediums, further weaving their stories together and bringing the wearables to life.

Credits
Creative Directors: Liam Benson and Kiri Morcombe
Artists and Makers: Gail Barclay, Tamkin Hakim, Farzana Hekmat, Seinileva Huakau, Hilin Kazemi, Angela Paikea, Tacheen Stuart, Marina Robins, Kathryn Yuen and Susan Ling Young.
Cinematographers and Sound Recordists: Craig Bender and Vera Hong
Lighting: Craig Bender
Musical Score: George Tillianakis
Editor: Vera Hong
Produced by Parramatta Artists Studios in association with the Parramasala Festival 2017. 
Parramatta Artists Studios is an initiative of the City of Parramatta, supported by the NSW Government through Arts NSW. 

Exhibitions
Rafferty's Theatre, Riverside Theatre Parramatta, Sydney 2017. Parramasala Festival.
New Sacred, group show Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney 2018.
All of Us, group show Blindside Project, Melbourne 2018. Curator: Jessica Clarke.