Sasha Huber & Petri Saarikko
PRESENT Remedies Tasmania:
Film, 90m, 4K
2007
Artists Sasha Huber (Switzerland/Haiti) and Petri Saarikko (Finland) brought Remedies, their international project, to GASP as PRESENT Remedies Tasmania, celebrating the power of oral storytelling.
Working in collaboration with our culturally diverse community, Huber and Saarikko invited 50 participants sharing ‘local-international’ Tasmanian stories and remedies for health, for culture, or for the world, this powerful film project was a huge team effort culminating in a feature length art film.
The film is a unique and powerful evocation of the many disarmingly honest stories of journey, migration, survival and celebration. Participant Arnold Zable described the film simply as ‘collective wisdom’.
Sasha Huber is a visual artist of Swiss-Haitian heritage, born in Zurich. She lives and works in Helsinki. Huber’s work is primarily concerned with the politics of memory and belonging, particularly in relation to colonial residue left in the environment.
Petri Saarikko is an artist and designer based in Helsinki, Finland. Saarikko combines societal commentary with his human-computer interaction profession and curatorial background, which results in long-term social interventions. His work has a holistic performative nature and strives to engender power relations, making room for individual narratives and taking a stand for equality.
Arnold Zable is an award-winning writer, storyteller, educator, and human rights advocate. His acclaimed books include Jewels and Ashes, Wanderers and Dreamers, Cafe Scheherazade, The Fig Tree, Scraps of Heaven, Sea of Many Returns, and Violin Lessons. His most recent book, The Fighter, was published in 2016.
Jim Everett -puralia meenamatta has written poetry, plays, political and academic papers and short stories, and created visual art and performance projects. Jim is from the clan plangermairreenner of the Ben Lomond people, of the Cape Portland nation in northeast Tasmania.
Curated by: Jonathan Kimberley
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Special thanks -
Organisations:
Glenorchy LINC Tasmania
Gandel Philanthropy
Tasmanian Government -
Multicultural Fund
University of Tasmania -
Creative Exchange Institute &
Tasmanian College of the Arts
Multicultural Council of Tasmania
Karadi Aboriginal Corporation
Tasmanian Writers & Readers Festival
Glenorchy City Council
PMLS Media
Goodwood Community Centre
West Moonah Community Centre
Ukraine Association
Iranian Association
Bhutanese Community
Hindu Society
Guru Nanak Society
Tamil Association
Karadi Aboriginal Corporation
INCAT
Glenorchy Cricket Club
Claremont College
Glenorchy Primary School
Human Library Tasmania
Migrant Resource Centre
Lucky Sri Lanka Kitchen
Tibet Kitchen
Special thanks -
Individuals:
Erin Buckmaster
Dhana Ganeshan
Harald Leitz
Anna Reynolds
Elizabeth Ardern
Andy Vagg
Mini Hogan
Marina Lynne
Maria Saracino
Judy Benson
Graham Legg
Nadia Omid
Zhinous Falakboland
Lucille Cutting
Sepideh Bahador
Aero Bahador
Soniya Sharma
Rajinder Badesha
Suruchi Chopra
Anthony King
Terence Maynard
Rex Burgess
Thomas Riley
Harley Jac Mansell
Jamie Graham
Harney Burgess
Rhys Pears
Mohan Kumar Mattala
Zelinda Sherlock
Simon Stebbings
Alister Hope
Jennifer Manison
Pam Wells
Penny Styles
Tania Beattie
Kristie Johnston
Alexsander Folvig
Choe Whitby
Mark Watterson
Olivia Hogart
Ivan Matas
Amin Safa
Khushpreet Singh
CK Bharathy
Sam Peisen xu
Arnold Zable
puralia meenamatta (Jim Everett)
Fiona Vagg
Anna Zylstra
Tim Polegaj
Tim Steel
Brenda Irvine
Anna Eden
David Osborne
Chris Gallagher
Danielle Hanifin
Marian Stoneman
This project was generously supported by:
