ADC Tours - Threads: Lore & Lineage | GULAMANMANHA

Threads: Lore and Lineage

22 May – 4 July 2025

Australian Design Centre presents Threads: Lore and Lineage in partnership with the National Indigenous Art Fair (Overseas Passenger Terminal 5-6 July 2025).

Tradition and contemporary practice are woven together like threads in a tapestry. Ghost net traps use ancestral weaving techniques, echoing the connection between land, sea, and community. Salvaged materials condemn the use of the plastic commercial fishing nets that litter the oceans. Weavings, lino printed fabrics and dillybags hang alongside carved sculptures and ceramics, each piece a trace of cultural lineage, Indigenous lore and identity.

GULAMANMANHA Bringing Something Closer (Wajarri)

22 May – 5 July 2025

Fusing ancient practices with contemporary form and materials, GULAMANMANHA is a testament to the continuous, living, and thriving culture of the Yamaji people. 

This exhibition honours the revival of cultural belongings with works made by Yamaji artists in response to ancestral belongings held for over 125 years in the Alexander Morton Collection at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG). In collaboration with Yamaji Art, designer Nicole Monks has worked closely with Community to create a powerful collection of traditional kangaroo skin cloaks, to be gifted to TMAG in return for Yamaji ancestral belongings. These cloaks and body adornments, created on Country, from Country, present deeply personal responses to belongings held within institutions nationwide.

Yaama Yassou

22 May – 5 July 2025

Yaama (hello in Suzy’s Gomeroi language) and Yassou (hello in Greek) is a collaboration between designer Suzy Evans and Adam France in Object Space on William Street.

Image above/below: ADC Opening Night, 22 May, Photos: Stephen Wilson Barker

Filming and photography

Please note: This event will be documented with photography and/or video and the images/footage may be shared online. By attending the event you understand that you may be photographed/videoed and you give permission for the images/footage to be shared online for promotional purposes.

Accessibility

There is a ramp at the side entrance of ADC (Palmer St) and wheelchair-accessible toilet on the lower gallery level. Access to the lower level is through the main entrance off William St. Please ask our friendly staff for assistance. A full gallery Access statement is available to download from the ADC website.