Unveiling the vision of two exceptional artists: Tony Albert and Angela Tiatia’s Murmurations explores migration and identity through digital artwork at Hyde Park Barracks.
The digital artwork Murmurations, commissioned for the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Hyde Park Barracks in Sydney, Australia, marks a significant collaboration between Tony Albert and Angela Tiatia.
Their artwork explores migration and identity through a lens of indigeneity, and the encounter of different cultures through love, ceremony, and engagement. The artwork questions what we can give to one another, rather than what we can take away, and offers a fresh perspective on the history of forced migration.
Both Albert and Tiatia bring their own unique style and experience to the work. Albert’s multidisciplinary practice focuses on the contemporary legacies of colonialism, while Tiatia’s oeuvre is a profound inquiry into contemporary culture, scrutinizing its intricate relationship with representation, gender, neo-colonialism, and the commodification of the human body and spaces, often refracted through the multifaceted lenses of history and popular culture.
Together, they create an abstract and ever-morphing world that feels both futuristic and historical, a stunning testament to the power of art to inspire and challenge.
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The collaboration between Albert and Tiatia is a remarkable example of what can happen when two exceptional artists with impeccable vision come together to create something new. Murmurations invites us to think differently about the history of migration and identity, to consider the importance of encounters and exploration, and to reflect on what we can give to one another. It is an artwork that will leave a lasting impression on all who experience it.
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Murmurations by Tony Albert and Angela Tiatia, with Lille Madden, Alina Olivares-Panucci and Corin Ileto, 2023. Commissioned by Museums of History NSW.
