This article appeared in ARTISTS PROFILE magazine: https://www.artistprofile.com.au/kelsey-ashe/ Australian artist Kelsey Ashe’s new film work is dark and provocative. Surreal. Intense. It stirs up hidden histories of post-colonial trauma endured by female indigenous pearl divers by drawing you into a dream world of deepest pain and otherworldly beauty. Awarded a prize and curated into the remake of the illustrious all-women surrealist exhibition of 1943 'Exhibition of 31 Wom

The pursuit of characterising an Australian identity has been the preoccupation, even obsession, of many artists, designers, writers, critics and historians throughout every generation (Willis 1993; Kaiser 2012; Craik 2009b). The conflation of Australian identity and nationalism with landscape art has been discussed at length by many scholars and writers (Thomas 2017, Smith 2002; Riopelle et al. 2017; Willis 1993; Radford2007; Broinowski 1992; Butel 1985); however, it is impo

Pearls and Blackbirds – Visualising hidden heritage through contemporary art film WA State Heritage & History Conference 2019 – ‘Handle with Care’ Paper + Notes Dr. Kelsey Ashe Giambazi Image: Pearls and Blackbirds Harbour Projection and Activation, Fremantle Biennale, 2019. I wish to acknowledge the custodians of this land, the Noongyar people of the Whadjuk nation and the Yawuru people of which this paper concerns. I acknowledge and respect their continuing culture. I also