Archie Moore's kith and kin took the 2024 Venice Biennale by storm, winning Australia its very first Golden Lion for best national participation. The exhibition, curated by Ellie Buttrose, involved Moore turning the Australia Pavilion into an immersive genealogical history, with his chalk-drawn family tree covering the walls and ceiling of the venue and documenting 65,000 years of First Nations history. Contrasting against the personal documentation was a political one; in the centre of the Pavilion, atop tables stood in a pool of dark water, lay coroner reports from 1991-2023 dating between the release of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and when the artist produced the work.

In this episode art historian Andrea Bubenik joins theatre historian, dramaturg, and translator Emma Cole to discuss this monumental artwork, to coincide with the exhibition's opening at QAGOMA. Andrea takes listeners to Venice, where we hear UQ students' first impressions upon emerging from the Pavilion, and interviews Buttrose about her collaboration with Moore and the process behind curating kith and kin. Dive into this exploration of curation and creation as artistic practice, and come with us as we consider the flourishing dimension to artworks that encourage contemplation and empathy to help us live generously.