SOCIAL PRACTICE
BLAK DINGO CLUB
melaut: sea to SEE
Blak Dingo Club is a wholesome response to Australia’s 2023 national referendum. An act of resistance to colonial anguish, this club’s events invite people from all walks of life to come together and have fun.
Hosting quiz nights, heritage walks, movie nights and more, BDC is a pop-up style event holder that carries fellowship and joy wherever it goes. It serves as a reclamation of space to re-energise, relax, laugh - because we deserve it!
In collaboration with City of Melville
Through Perth Institute of Contemporary Art’s inaugural Makassar x Perth residency program, Breeze, Ilona embarked on a social adventure to collaborate with local musicians, dancers and storytellers. Through long and late night yarns, we envisioned and jammed out a cultural storytelling about the 600+ year pre-colonial relationship between Australia’s First People and that of Makassar.
This fluid and exciting 10 minute dance/music piece brought an experimental group of collaborators together for a short yet sweet time to tell a story about the ocean, our people and ancestral trade routes between us.
May - June 2024
Ilona McGuire, Azimah Fada, Hirah Sanada, Aghi Fahri, Arif Rahman, Muh Mahar