KNOWN: Katie West places the Yindjibarndi artist's practice — spanning naturally dyed textiles, video, sound, and social practice — within a framework where the health of Country and human society are understood as inseparable.
About This Book
Part of Perimeter Editions' KNOWN series, which champions contemporary Indigenous Australian artists through cross-cultural dialogue, this volume centres Katie West, a Yindjibarndi woman working on Noongar Ballardong boodja. Her practice weaves together found and naturally dyed textiles, video, sound, and social engagement to trace the relationships between stories, place, history, and futurity. The book includes an essay by celebrated author and Noongar woman Claire G. Coleman, presented with translations in language — a decision that enacts rather than merely describes the series' commitment to strengthening First Nations cultural knowledge and linguistic vitality. Essential reading for those engaged with contemporary Indigenous Australian art.
Key Features
- 80 pages of artist documentation, critical text, and language translations
- Text by author and Noongar woman Claire G. Coleman, with translations in language
- Work shown at Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA), Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), and Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA)
- Published by Perimeter Editions, edited by Agency Projects
What You'll Discover
- How Katie West's use of found and naturally dyed textiles operates as a form of cultural and ecological knowledge-making
- The KNOWN series' model of cross-cultural dialogue, pairing Indigenous artists with Indigenous writers to produce texts in both English and language
- A critical framework in which Country is not backdrop but a living relational presence mirrored in the health of human communities
- Claire G. Coleman's textual response to West's practice, offered bilingually as an act of language strengthening
About the Author
Katie West is a Yindjibarndi woman and artist based on Noongar Ballardong boodja, whose practice spans found and naturally dyed textiles, video, sound, and social practice. Her work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA), the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), and the Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA). The accompanying text is written by Claire G. Coleman, a renowned author and Noongar woman.
Specifications
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 80
- Dimensions: 272 x 197 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9781922545435
- Publisher: Perimeter Editions
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Curators, artists, and researchers working with contemporary Indigenous Australian art, as well as readers drawn to the intersections of ecology, language, materiality, and cultural practice.