2024 Bankstown Biennale tackles differences through shared stories

Bankstown Arts Centre's third First Nations-led Biennale centres equitable multiculturalism through the theme 'Same Same/Different'.
The 2024 Bankstown Biennale curatorium. (Left) Coby Edgar (A b&w photo in high contrast of a person with a serious expression, with long dark hair).(Centre) Still from ‘Brute Force >> Merge Sort’, Jason Wing, 2019. (A photo of a person with short brown hair and a long beard, with what appears to be two emblems painted on his face. There is a red square hovering over his right side of the face, which has been digitally manipulated into black and white). (Right) Rachael Kiang (A b&w photo of a person smiling with long curly dark hair).

The 2024 Bankstown Biennale will spotlight multiracial stories, shared cultural experiences and meaningful connections under the theme ‘Same Same/Different’, a common phrase used at the Top End of Australia by Asian and First Nations people alike to describe similarities while acknowledging differences.

Set to launch in late November with a First Nations-led program, the Bankstown Biennale is co-curated by Coby Edgar, Jason Wing and Bankstown Arts Centre Director, Rachael Kiang, who will each bring their lived experiences and professional expertise to the program.

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