The mournful dirge of cawing
Crows calls me back
Today I walked for my mother
— shut/mouth/scream, brenda l croft, 2015
For Gurindji/Malngin/Mudburra artist Brenda L Croft, culture and family always call back and she responds, as an act of survivance. These acts span across archival photography, printmaking and self-portraiture—with Croft working as a visual artist, academic and curator. Her career has moved from curating national exhibitions to the intimacy of poetry—all of which has seen her determined to uncover her family’s legacy, as evidence of their ongoing sovereignty.
