Event Olivia Adams: Still Standing

Olivia Adams: Still Standing

Performance

23 September 2023
12.00PM–1.00PM

Reflecting on the themes of placemaking in Rainbow Serpent (Version), Olivia Adams (Wulli Wulli) responds to imposing and grotesque imagery used by the colony. In this performance, Adams considers the colonial architecture of Meanjin/Brisbane, using contemporary movement to reclaim the city space.

 

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Accessibility

We are committed to making the IMA accessible to people of all abilities, their families, and carers, as well as visitors of different ages and different backgrounds.

The gallery entrance is on the ground floor of the Judith Wright Arts Centre, on Berwick Street. There is wheelchair access and an accessible toilet with baby changing facilities also located on the ground floor, and we welcome guide and support dogs.

If you plan to attend this event and have specific support needs we can accommodate, please contact engagement@ima.org.au, call (07) 3252 5750, or ask our friendly staff on-site. Read our access information for visitors here.

  • Partner:

    Presented in partnership with Digi Youth Arts and Brisbane Festival.

Guest Info
  • Olivia Adams is a Wulli Wulli dancer, choreographer, and producer. She has worked as a producer for BlakDance and performed with Digi Youth Arts, Polytoxic, Bangarra Dance Theatre’s youth program Rekindling, as a part of Richard Bell’s Tent Embassy (2013–ongoing) at documenta fifteen, Kassel, Germany (2022), and Karul Project’s SILENCE (2022).

'Daniel Boyd: Rainbow Serpent (Version)', Gropius Bau, Berlin, 2023. Photo: Luca Girardini.

The Institute of Modern Art acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land upon which the IMA now stands, the Jagera, Yuggera, Yugarapul, and Turrbal people. We offer our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the first artists of this country. In the spirit of allyship, the IMA will continue to work with First Nations people to celebrate, support, and present their immense past, present, and future contribution to artistic practice and cultural expression.

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