Artist:

Brenda L. Croft

In the two decades since my father’s passing that elusive concept of home/land has shapeshifted within me as I have retrac(k)ed his journey, and mine, through entangled pathways, connecting country and (s)kin. One foot in front of the other, rhythm and breath, years, decades, centuries collapsing and re-emerging, upending me literally and figuratively.

My shut/mouth/scream howls down the blood/lines, to/through my father, mother, grandmothers, grandfathers, pulsing back again through my veins and within all those I am connected to by blood, belief and dreams.

Brenda L. Croft (Gurindji/Malngin/Mudpurra peoples)
shut/mouth/scream 2016
© Brenda L. Croft/Copyright Agency Purchased 2017 in recognition of the 50th Anniversary of the 1967 Referendum

Brenda L. Croft (Gurindji/Malngin/Mudpurra peoples)
Wave Hill, Victoria River country 2014/2016
Courtesy of the artist and Stills Gallery.

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Brenda L. Croft (Gurindji/Malngin/Mudpurra peoples)