Women on the Wall Brisbane/Jakarta

Micro Galleries sent two members of Indonesian, all-female arts collective, Ladies on Wall and and emerging producer to Australia as part of a cultural exchange to raise female creatives through the roof. Urban creators Louisiana Wattimena (Nana) and Nurhasnah Nusyirwan (Nurnus) alongside Dara Hanafi, hit the burning Brisbane pavements from 11-18 March, 2018 experiencing a program of meeting, learning and collaborating with Australian arts organisations, collectives and independent creators.

The program will culminated in a collaboration with Brisbane Street Art Festival and Micro Galleries, who on Wednesday 14 March, came together some of our female street artists from Australia and the cultural exchange participants, to collaborate on a new work exploring the ideas and realities of what it is to be a woman in the street art scene.

UNAPOLOGETIC:  5 women from Brisbane and Jakarta met for the first time, had an in-depth discussion about their experience of being female street artists, and obstacles facing women in the arts. The two big takeaways were: Ladies, stop being sorry, and put more women in power – socially and economically. They collaborated on a new work that told women in three languages: be unapologetic. Unapologetic for being women, being empowered, being creative and being just fucking fabulous.

“Seeing the finished product as one collective mural was a really empowering experience that left me feeling nothing short of inspired and appreciative of the talent floating about our city. While watching these ladies develop a live mural was a muse-worthy spectacle, equally noted was the collective energy of the people watching; it was such a delight to sit back and watch this all happen while incredible conversation buzzed throughout the space.”
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“Ladies you absolutely crushed it, such a phenomenal piece.”

The week was capped off with the exhibition opening of the incredible Sarah Sculley “I Carry Your Heart” at Jugglers Art Space.

Micro Galleries, with support from The Australian Embassy Jakarta hope to assist in the professional development of the next generation of female creative curators, artistic directors and creative industry innovators in Indonesia and create new opportunities between Indonesian and Australian female artists.