Unfinished Business
Highlights
- Engage with the powerful stories of 30 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living with disabilities across Australia.
- Experience the depth and movement of lenticular photography that transforms personal narratives into visual art.
- Explore an inclusive exhibition space designed with tactile panels and audio descriptions for a multi-sensory experience.
- Connect with the ongoing impact of colonisation through thought-provoking storytelling and a call for meaningful social change.
Please note: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples should be advised there are names, images and voices depicting deceased persons.
Unfinished Business brings together the voices of 30 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living with disabilities from remote, regional, and urban communities across Australia. Honouring story-telling truths, the exhibition is a thought-provoking recognition of the ongoing impact of colonisation, and a call for meaningful social and systemic change. Participants determined how their visual story would be shared, using their own words, chosen narrators and imagery to give audiences direct insight into their personal experiences.
Utilising the 3D-effect of lenticular photography, which creates an illusion of depth, movement and transformation, and documentary film, each image demonstrates the diversity of disability. This powerful work was created by human rights documentarian Belinda Mason OAM and her sons Dieter and Liam Knierim.
Unfinished Business also raises the bar on accessibility through creating a carefully considered exhibition space. Designed for an inclusive experience, audiences are invited to engage through multiple sensory elements, including tactile panels, audio descriptions, online resources, and Auslan content.
Grateful to The Balnaves Foundation for supporting this presentation of Unfinished Business, which invites deeper connection and understanding by acknowledging the strength and resilience of each participant.
Images and Video
Dates & times
- Next occurrence: reoccurring
Accreditations
- Australian Museums and Galleries Association
Features
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Offers a range of contact methods for receiving complaints.
- Companion Cards are accepted.
- Employs people with disabilities.
- Website meets <a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/" target="_blank">WCAG 2.0</a> accessibility standards
Physical – Mobility
Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
- Seating in common areas including reception area
Physical – Wheelchair
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- A doorbell or intercom at an accessible height and display a contact number (accessible height is 900mm-1100 mm)
- A step free main entrance to the building and/or reception area (includes ramps or slopes with a maximum gradient of 1:14, otherwise are too steep for wheelchairs)
- Step free access to restaurant, lounge and bar
- A wheelchair accessible toilet / shower and change room is available.
Access & Inclusion
An access and inclusion statement is available on the business website.
- https://australian.museum/visit/accessibility-and-inclusion/
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