Mixed Media
2009

Sumugan Sivanesan and Melletios Kyriakidis re-wire iconic symbols from contemporary Australian history to illustrate the turning of culture on this continent.The bushranger, Ned Kelly and the currently infamous Lebanese bikers, are cleaved by a distressed Southern Cross flag, commonly (mis)used as a symbol of the mythologised multicultural beginnings of the democratic process in Australia. Installed on ANZAC Day, 2009.

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City of Sydney Temporary Art Program
Comissioned by gaffa