Peoples and Landscapes in Motion: from Silk Roads to Australia

This exhibition showcases the diversity of humanity and geography along the ancient Silk Roads from Iran, Afghanistan and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China.

When:

October 2021
 

Where:

Online Exhibition

 

Partners:

SilkRoads@UNSW

UNSW Women's Wellbeing Academy

UNSW School of Humanities and Languages

Peoples and Landscapes in Motion presents the artworks of four eminent Australian artists Barat Ali Batoor, Hoda Afshar, John Gollings and Muzafar Ali. It showcases the diversity of humanity and geography along the ancient Silk Roads from Iran, Afghanistan and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. It is an intimate depiction of memories of home and land, trauma and resilience, longing and belonging, and arresting documentation of the cultural and spiritual landscapes that have helped shape the enduring history of these communities.

Peoples and Landscapes in Motion was curated by Ayshe Eli and Louise Edwards.

View the online exhibition.

Image gallery

Photo of a person in flowing clothing carrying a child in front of them, with a large woven basket on their back.

Peoples and Landscapes - Photo by Barat Ali Batoor

Several people in dark clothing stand on a rolling hill covered in a thick mist

Peoples and Landscapes - Photo by Hoda Afshar 1

A man and a woman in Iranian clothing sit on rocks a top a hill with a light mist in the background.

Peoples and Landscapes - Photo by Hoda Afshar 2

Photo of a sandstone coloured, Persian-style building, with a person sitting at the entrance

Peoples and Landscapes - Photo by John Gollings

A large group of children dressed in long flowing fabric run away from the camera into a hilly, desert landscape

Peoples and Landscapes - Photo by Muzafar Ali

Photo of a person in flowing clothing carrying a child in front of them, with a large woven basket on their back.
Several people in dark clothing stand on a rolling hill covered in a thick mist
A man and a woman in Iranian clothing sit on rocks a top a hill with a light mist in the background.
Photo of a sandstone coloured, Persian-style building, with a person sitting at the entrance
A large group of children dressed in long flowing fabric run away from the camera into a hilly, desert landscape

Past events from this exhibition

Opening event

The opening event featured performances by two prominent musicians - Iranian Australian Kamancheh player Gelareh Pour, and Uyghur Australian Muqam multi-instrumentalist Shohrat Tursun.

Online event was held on Tuesday, 26 October 2021.