We don’t just exist as brains in jars, we need culture to shape us as well. We understand the world through culture, language, stories, technologies. These start before our individual existence and extend past us. Culture is one of the enduring “superpowers” of human beings to make meaning from our world and each other. Culture is what gives us meaning together and connects us.

We wanted to explore the concept of making meaning through culture with Ngarrindjeri, Ngadjuri, Narungga & Wirangu Artist Sonya Rankine, who specialises in weaving. Her practice combines traditional materials with contemporary methods like random weave. Her weaved object hangs in the gallery space. As an extension, we ask visitors to engage in their own act of weaving, their own act of marking a beginning.