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Talanoa Forum: Moana Rising

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Tuesday 10 October 2023 from 10am to 5pm Wednesday 11 October 2023 from 10am to 5pm Thursday 12 October 2023 from 10am to 5pm

A forum highlighting urgent issues around climate justice, small island ecologies and more.

First presented at the 59th Venice Biennale, the Talanoa Forum extends the themes of the Paradise Camp exhibition by bringing together 24 artists, curators, scholars, activists and policymakers from Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, Sāmoa, Tahiti, and Italy.

Over three days, this interdisciplinary program will highlight urgent issues around small island ecologies, climate justice, decolonial museology, diasporic and Pacific alliances.

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