Megan Cope and Aunty Carolyn Briggs re-mapping our imagination

Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery

Artist Megan Cope talks about her work for the exhibition Coast: The artists’ retreat. We are also joined by Aunty Carolyn Briggs an elder of the Boon wurrung nation, cultural advisor and historian. Megan Cope’s art investigates mapping practices, concepts of ownership and power, colonisation and the legal implications of occupation. Megan describes how she collaborated with Aunty Carolyn Briggs to tell stories of how the landscape of the Mornington Peninsula was dramatically altered through deforestation and industrialisation. The welcome to country is made by Aunty Carolyn Briggs. A conversation with MPRG curator Danny Lacy. Our 2018 podcast program is supported by the Gordon Darling Foundation. Introduction by Nathan Schroeder, Music courtesy of The Basics