‘Art talks without words and can cross many boundaries, including boundaries of language’, says Adelaide-based artist Daniel Connell, who has launched a new art project titled COVIV 20 with an aim to make all Australians more sensitive towards struggles and circumstances of migrants during the current coronavirus pandemic.
Daniel Connell working on the portrait of Darshan Nagra.
“Art is a way of making
people stop and pause and reflect and think about who we are living with”,
artist tells
Portraits of migrants made by Daniel Connell
“COVIV is obviously a
play on the word COVID, and adapts the Latin words ‘co' and 'viv’, which means
‘living with’. I’ve always been concerned that people in Australia don’t understand
the circumstances of the people we live with. We may be living next door to
somebody, sitting on a bus next to someone or going to work with someone,
without knowing the circumstances they’re living with.”
“So I want to talk
about the diversity of the people living here – not just their culture, but
their life and circumstances. People in Australia on temporary visas don’t have
the same access and support that permanent residents and citizens get.”
This will help build a
more united community for people to understand each other a bit more.
COVIV 20 will result in
14 paintings depicting stories of individuals who are not yet permanent
residents. The prospective participants were asked to send three to four
selfies to the artist, and the selected participants will share their
stories in an audio file of up to four minutes.
https://www.sbs.com.au/language/english/audio/coviv-20-an-art-project-to-highlight-australia-s-temporary-migrants-during-the-pandemic?
Dr.Gurdeep Kaur
Associate Professor
Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College
University of Delhi
Dr.Gurdeep Kaur
Associate Professor
Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College
University of Delhi
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