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Dark Mofo cancels blood-soaked flag artwork – The Age
“We apologise to all First Nations people for any hurt that has been caused,” creative director Leigh Carmichael said in a statement.
Those who criticised the work included Professor Anita Heiss, a Wiradjuri woman, who described the proposed work as insensitive and ignorant. Claire Coleman, the author of Terra Nullius, also asked Dark Mofo to reconsider.
A coloniser artist intending to produce art with the actual blood of colonised people is abusive, colonising and re-traumatising, she wrote on social media. The idea is disgusting and terrible and should not have been considered.
In his statement on Tuesday afternoon, Carmichael…
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