I am a Heart Beating in the World: Diaspora Pavilion 2, Sydney
5 Apr 2021
People:
Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Kashif Nadim Chaudry, Lindy Lee, Leyla Stevens, Zadie Xa, Daniela Yohannes
Project:
Location:
Sydney

Kashif Nadim Chaudry, Hareem (2010), Leyla Stevens, Our Sea is Always Hungry (2018) and Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Throne Room (2021), installation view I am a heart beating in the world: Diaspora Pavilion 2, Sydney at Campbelltown Arts Centre; photo Kai Wasikowski.

Lindy Lee, Twinning Through Jade Bamboo (2015) and Quiescent Mind (2020), Fire in the Immanence of Unfolding (2020), Fire and Dew (2020), installation view I am a heart beating in the world: Diaspora Pavilion 2, Sydney at Campbelltown Arts Centre; photo Kai Wasikowski.

Zadie Xa and Benito Mayor Vallejo, A pilgrimage 2 family through the portal of a blue ghost (2019), installation view I am a heart beating in the world: Diaspora Pavilion 2, Sydney at Campbelltown Arts Centre; photo: Kai Wasikowski.

Zadie Xa, Child of Magohalmi and the Echoes of Creation (2019), installation view I am a heart beating in the world: Diaspora Pavilion 2, Sydney at Campbelltown Arts Centre; photo: Kai Wasikowski.

Daniela Yohannes, Atopias: I Have Left that Dark Cave Forever, My Body has Blended with Hers (2019), video still. Courtesy the artist.

Daniela Yohannes, Atopias: I Have Left that Dark Cave Forever, My Body has Blended with Hers (2019), installation view I am a heart beating in the world: Diaspora Pavilion 2, Sydney at Campbelltown Arts Centre; photo: Kai Wasikowski.

Daniela Yohannes, Atopias: I Have Left that Dark Cave Forever, My Body has Blended with Hers (2019), video still. Courtesy the artist.

Kashif Nadim Chaudry, Hareem (2010) and Leyla Stevens, Our Sea is Always Hungry (2018), installation view I am a heart beating in the world: Diaspora Pavilion 2, Sydney at Campbelltown Arts Centre; photo Kai Wasikowski.

Daniela Yohannes, a series of self-truths (detail) (2018), installation view I am a heart beating in the world: Diaspora Pavilion 2, Sydney at Campbelltown Arts Centre; photo: Kai Wasikowski.

Installation view, I am a heart beating in the world: Diaspora Pavilion 2, Sydney at Campbelltown Arts Centre; photo: Kai Wasikowski

Abdul Rahman-Abdullah, Merantau (2016) and Robert Scott-Mitchell, Birth and Death (2003), installation view I am a heart beating in the world: Diaspora Pavilion 2, Sydney at Campbelltown Arts Centre; photo Kai Wasikowski.

Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Buraq (2020) and Kashif Nadim Chaudry, Cabal (2020), installation view I am heart beating in the world: Diaspora Pavilion 2, Sydney at Campbelltown Arts Centre; photo: Kai Wasikowski.

Kashif Nadim Chaudry, Cabal (2020), installation view I am heart beating in the world: Diaspora Pavilion 2, Sydney at Campbelltown Arts Centre; photo: Kai Wasikowski.

Kashif Nadim Chaudry, Cabal (2020), installation view I am heart beating in the world: Diaspora Pavilion 2, Sydney at Campbelltown Arts Centre; photo: Kai Wasikowski.

Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Buraq (2020) and Kashif Nadim Chaudry, Cabal (2020)


Leyla Stevens, Safe Passage (2013), installation view I am heart beating in the world: Diaspora Pavilion 2, Sydney at Campbelltown Arts Centre; photo: Kai Wasikowski.

Daniela Yohannes, A Gathering in Gods Land (2020) digital collage. Courtesy the artist

Daniela Yohannes, Crossing the Border (from a series of self-truths), 2018, digital collage, courtesy the artist.

Daniela Yohannes, a series of self-truths (detail) (2018), installation view I am a heart beating in the world: Diaspora Pavilion 2, Sydney at Campbelltown Arts Centre; photo: Kai Wasikowski.