BHP (Be Humble Please) single work   poetry   "black by day"
Is part of Ceremony Teena McCarthy , 2018 sequence poetry
Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 BHP (Be Humble Please)
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Notes

  • Dedication: (painting & poetry for Nanna)
  • Author's note:

    “Since I was a child I have always been proficient with words. I painted as a form of this expression, as I had no other outlet for the words.

    It wasn’t until 2012, whilst doing a BFA at COFA, UNSW, that I started to incorporate the two, and words became an important part of my performance art; you cannot divorce one from the other. While doing an artist residency at Fowlers Gap, north of Broken Hill, NSW, I was able to return to my grandmother’s country. I absorbed the spirituality of the land and was compelled to perform, photograph, write and paint on Country — but most importantly, to sit down and experience a belonging to the land.

    This poem was inspired by that visit to the Darling River in my grandmother’s country. In the Barkindji language, ‘Barka’ means river, and therefore my ancestors are the people of the river.”

  • Accompanied by a painting:

    Teena McCarthy, ‘Whatevahappentu Ophelia’, 2014, mixed assemblage: organic ochre house paint, found perspex, found antique wood frames, antique wallpaper, organic pigment mineral blue eyeshadow, wire and tape

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Verity La October 2016 10214106 2016 periodical issue 2016
    Note: Posted 5 October 2016.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Verity La July 2018 14153905 2018 periodical issue 2018
    Note:

    Posted 20 July 2018.

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