NAIDOC Week in Paris

As part of the Australia now program, the Australian Embassy in Paris has created a full and rich program for NAIDOC Week 2022 in order to share with our French and international public here in Paris the importance of culture, which Australia and France have in common. It promotes a longer conversation and a personal journey to discover more about the world’s oldest continuing living culture. MONDAY 4 JULY 12:30pm Exclusive visit of the Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori exhibition at the Fondation Cartier, guided by curator Juliette Lecorne TUESDAY 5 JULY Morning & Afternoon Cooking station with Kath Witbreuk, Chef to the Ambassador, using ingredients from the bush 12pm Destiny – The Art of Destiny Deacon private tour at the embassy guided by NGV’s Indigenous senior curator Myles Russell-Cook 7pm Nuit Sally Gabori at the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art for a conversation with the artist’s family and anthropologist Nicholas Evans, curator Bruce Johnson McLean, and specialist Judith Ryan WEDNESDAY 6 JULY 9:30am Exclusive visit of the Musée du quai Branly Indigenous Australian collection guided by curator Stéphanie Leclerc Caffarel 12pm Private tour of the exhibition Reclaim the Earth at Palais de Tokyo guided by curator Daria De Beauvais 7pm High Ground film directed by Stephen Johnson – screening in the Embassy auditorium (in partnership with Cinema des Antipodes) THURSDAY 7 JULY 8:30am Debate around the ethical trade of Aboriginal art with Stephanie Parkin – Chair, Indigenous Art Code and IDAIA Gallery Director, Solenne Ducos-Lamotte, 6:30pm Etched in Bone – documentary on the repatriation of Ancestral remains – screening at the embassy auditorium in the presence of the director Béatrice Bijon followed by a discussion on the film’s subject FRIDAY 8 JULY 9:30am to 4:30pm Children’s Day at the Australian Embassy with activities based on the 6 seasons and with two tables for children of ages 3 – 6 and two tables for 6 – 10 years old BIRAK A sandbox to draw, touch and feel BUNURU A TV corner DJERAN A kitchen table with ingredients from the bush MAKURU and KAMBARANG A painting and craft table DJILBA Reading corner & traditional music SATURDAY 9 & SUNDAY 10 JUILLET on social media https://www.facebook.com/AustralieEnFrance/videos/403454991629682