NAIDOC week design competition
During 2021's NAIDOC Week with Swinburne, they held a design competition for the Indigenous students to create a piece following the theme "Heal Country".
"For the theme “Heal Country”, I wanted to explore how Australia as a modern society continues to fail in conserving our land. From ignoring the climate crisis to the destruction of sacred indigenous sites, our fate has been at the hands of our oppressors. The only way we will be able to heal our beautiful country is by uniting together and making active change to better our parliament. In parliament today, there is little to no indigenous representation which creates an impact. We are tending to our land from a Eurocentric perspective, instead of listening to the words and wisdom of a community that had been thriving for over 60,000 years. We need more indigenous representation in Australian politics. My design visualises our impact on Australia, and how our leaders refuse the heal the country for their own profit. Whether you see the hands in the background as a positive influence or negative influence is your choice. If we can bring our hands together and unite for the justice for our people, we will be able to heal country."
As the winner of the competition, along with a cash prize my work was printed on tote bags and t-shirt's sold by Swinburne.
Content ambassador
After the NAIDOC Competition, students were given the opportunity to apply for a Content Ambassadorship with Swinburne's Student Life Instagram. After applying I was accepted as one of the ambassadors, and worked with a team of students alongside Swinburne Student Life staff on making content for the Instagram. I worked on digital art, physical art as well as videos for the Instagram.
