Islands are Mountains

Upcoming Exhibition

17 October - 12 December 2025

Islands are Mountains

Islands are Mountains is an exhibition and performance program of contemporary First Nations art exploring the multifaceted landscapes of collective memory.

When

17 October to 12 December 2025

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Shape-shifting, time-travelling, body-based, non-linear: the trickster figures in this project weave First Nations worldviews into stories which offer fluid alternatives to rigid categories and outmoded narratives, proposing instead an embodied, experiential way of being and knowing the world.

Feature Image: Anchi Lin (Ciwas Tahos), ‘Pswagi Temahahoi’ 2023. HD video, colour, sound. Courtesy of the artist.

Presented as part of Tarnanthi: Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art.

ACE tampinthi, ngadlu Kaurna yartangka panpapanpalyarninthi (inparrinthi). Kaurna miyurna yaitya mathanya Wama Tarntanyaku. Parnaku yailtya, parnaku tapa purruna, parnaku yarta ngadlu tampnthi. Yalaka Kaurna miyurna itu yailtya, tapa purruna, yarta kuma puru martinthi, puru warri-apinthi, puru tangka martulayinthi.

ACE respectfully acknowledges the traditional Country of the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains and pays respect to Elders past and present. We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land. We acknowledge that they are of continuing importance to the Kaurna people living today.

ACE tampinthi, ngadlu Kaurna yartangka panpapanpalyarninthi (inparrinthi). Kaurna miyurna yaitya mathanya Wama Tarntanyaku. Parnaku yailtya, parnaku tapa purruna, parnaku yarta ngadlu tampnthi. Yalaka Kaurna miyurna itu yailtya, tapa purruna, yarta kuma puru martinthi, puru warri-apinthi, puru tangka martulayinthi.

ACE respectfully acknowledges the traditional Country of the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains and pays respect to Elders past and present. We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land. We acknowledge that they are of continuing importance to the Kaurna people living today.