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Torres Strait 8Formed 2019 in Zenadh Kes (Torres Strait Islands)Yessie Mosby, Masig (Yorke Island)Kabay Tamu, Warraber (Sue Island)Keith Pabai, Boigu (Boigu Island)Stanley Marama, Boigu (Boigu Island)Nazareth Warria, Masig (Yorke Island)Ted Billy, Warraber (Sue Island)Daniel Billy, Warraber (Sue Island)Nazareth Fauid, Poruma (Coconut Island)Zenadh Kes (the Torres Strait Islands & surrounding seas) is experiencing climate crisis and urgent action is needed. The Torres Strait 8 are a collective who have taken a complaint against the Australian Government to the United Nations for failing to protect Zenadh Kes from climate damage, demanding that Australia reduce emissions, and immediately resource adaptation needs. This is the world’s first case of its kind.For rīvus, the Torres Strait 8 participate with a hybrid art-as-protest work led by Masig cultural practitioner Yessie Mosby. Yessie has carved a series of new totem poles from materials, pigments and fibres found on the Islands. The mythological totems share stories of ancestral beings in deep saltwater. These stories are interconnected with the current climate trauma the communities are experiencing; Mosby says,
yessie mosby, torres strait 8 (? – ?)
Discover Yessie Mosby, Torres Strait Islander artist & activist. Explore powerful Indigenous art, climate justice advocacy, and traditional storytelling through music & sculpture.
Biennale of Sydney (Sydney, Australia)
As Australia's premier contemporary art festival, the Biennale of Sydney offers transformative thematic exhibitions across iconic city venues that provoke critical reflection, inviting you to explore global artistic innovation.
About this artwork
- Title: Installation View
- Artist: yessie mosby, torres strait 8
- Year: 2022
- Format: Landscape
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Where to see it: Biennale of Sydney
- Creative period: Contemporary
- Corpus context: indigenous storytelling , saltwater ancestral tales
- Color palette: Earthy
- Keywords: cultural storytelling , climate protest art , yessie mosby artist
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