Biennale Artwork at South Eveleigh

The artwork titled 'Save our Ngatji (Rainbow Serpents), creators of spiritual rivers connecting water, sky, and land' (2022) by Uncle Badger Bates and Matt Mewburn is now on display at Eveleigh Works. 

The sculpture was displayed at The Cutaway at Barangaroo as part of the 23rd Biennale. It's a powerful expression of the Ngatji (rainbow serpent) - associated with the creation of the Barka (Darling River) - reminding us of the connection that Indigenous Australians have to this country, and that any collective vision of the future must have Aboriginal people and the survival of their lands, waters and culture at its centre.

 

It is our belief that the Ngatji is still with us and it will make rain. The thunder is the Ngatji rumbling and growling and they blow the rainbow after rain because they can go back on their journeys then…They created all the water and country when they travelled around.

– Badger Bates 

Badger Bates Matt Mewburn Eveleigh Works Biennale Sculpture Artwork

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