The Istituto Italiano di Cultura is pleased to present a project based an exchange of experiences between Sicily and Australia. In particular, the presentation will illustrate an exchange of art residencies which took place in July this year between Sicily (at the Fondazione Brodbeck in Catania and at the Museo Palazzo Riso in Palermo) and Australia between the 20th of September and the 2nd of October at Durrmu Arts, in the Aboriginal community of Peppimenarti, Northern Territory.
The aim of the project is to address the potential of innovative cultural practices in places that are remote or peripheral, with an expanded notion of Global South, through a real cultural exchange between artists from the two countries. The participating artists, who will attend the evening, are: Regina Pilawuk Wilson, a Ngan’ngikurrungurr woman, senior artist and cultural director of Durrmu Arts, Steaphan Paton, an artist from the Gunai and Monero Nations based in Melbourne, and Giuseppe Lana, a Sicilian artist who lives and works between Catania and London. The project is part of Miriam La Rosa’s PhD research at the University of Melbourne and has been curated in collaboration with Kade McDonald, Executive Director of Durrmu Arts.
Regina Pilawuk Wilson was born in 1948 in the Daly River region of the Northern Territory. Together with her husband, Harold Wilson, Regina founded in 1973 the Peppimenarti (meaning ‘large rock’) Community as a permanent settlement for the Ngan’gikurrungurr people in the Daly River region. Regina won the General Painting category of the Telstra National Indigenous and Torres-Strait Islander Award in 2003 for a golden syaw (fish-net) painting. Examples of Regina’s work are held in the collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, The National Gallery of Victoria, The Gallery of Modern Art (Queensland Art Gallery), The British Museum and numerous private and corporate collections in Australia and overseas.
Steaphan Paton was born 33 years ago in Mildura, Victoria. In 2007 he obtained a Bachelor of Environmental Management at the. In 2009 he attended the Archaeological Field School at the Flinders University in Adelaide. In 2016 he obtained a Master of Contemporary Art at the Victorian College of the Arts, in Melbourne. His awards include in 2007 the Victorian Indigenous Art Awards- Highly Commended (Lin Onus Category) and in 2016 the Wyndham Art Prize- Deakin University Bursary Prize and the NGVWA Award.
Giuseppe Lana (Catania 1979) lives and works between London and Catania. One of the key points of his artistic research is the 
autobiographical component. The works are developed as a result of a reflection on the context that surrounds him and hold a very strong relationship with his origins, encompassing situations, people or events.
Miriam La Rosa is an Italian curator and researcher, currently based in Australia, where she is a PhD Candidate in Art History, at The University of Melbourne.
Kade McDonald is the Executive Director of Durrmu Arts Aboriginal Corporation and was the Coordinator for Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Arts and Cultural Centre for 6 years.
The project is supported by: Australia Council, The University of Melbourne, Durrmu Arts Aboriginal Corporation, Co.As.It. Melbourne and the Italian Institutes of Culture, Sydney and Melbourne.
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