Voices in the Archive, 7 Jul 2017

Description:

The University of Queensland’s Fryer Library houses important collections that document the experience of asylum seekers, including correspondence and artworks in the Julian Burnside and Kate Durham Collection and the Elaine Smith Collection. Three works by artist Kate Durham collectively titled SIEV X consist of 272 painted panels, oil on composition board. The title references the acronym for Suspected Irregular Entry Vessel X. It is a response to a maritime tragedy that occurred in 2001, when a dilapidated Indonesian fishing boat carrying...

Display date:

2017

Location:

Nauru

Format:

Sound/Other sound

Collections:

University of Queensland Library

Contributors:

University of Queensland. Library

Content partner:

University of Queensland Library

Availability:

Online